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The Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney and the American way of life
By Watts, Steven
- ISBN
- 978-0-39583-587-6
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 15, 1998
Although the Disney studio was hailed as a dream factory, there was plenty of hard work and hard-nosed business deals behind the facade. Drawing on interviews and research from Disney archives, Watts shows how Disney and mid-America influenced each other, from the birth of the animation empire, through the "libertarian populism" of the Fifties film, TV, and theme-park efforts, to Walt's untimely death in 1966. Other topics include Disney's pioneering role in bu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
