Celebration, USA: Living in Disney's Brave New Town - Hardcover

Frantz, Douglas; Collins, Catherine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805055606 ISBN 13: 9780805055603

Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc, 1999

Synopsis

A chronicle of the town that Disney built by a former New York Times reporter offers surprising insights into Disney's attempt to create an ideal, and decidedly retro, vision of living in America. 30,000 first printing.

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Review:

"The authors report engagingly and objectively on what they saw and heard at Celebration...a highly valuable case study on one of the most important movements in community building in decades." --"Cleveland Plain Dealer "
"Insightful and thought-provoking.... Offers good humor, excellent research, compelling anecdotes."--"BookPage"
"[An] eminently readable account."--"USA Today"
A prize winning reporter describes life in Disney's vision of the future in a book that is "admirably candid and readable"=--"Los Angeles Times"

The authors report engagingly and objectively on what they saw and heard at Celebration...a highly valuable case study on one of the most important movements in community building in decades. "Cleveland Plain Dealer"

Insightful and thought-provoking.... Offers good humor, excellent research, compelling anecdotes. "BookPage"

[An] eminently readable account. "USA Today"

A prize winning reporter describes life in Disney's vision of the future in a book that is 'admirably candid and readable'. "Los Angeles Times""

"The authors report engagingly and objectively on what they saw and heard at Celebration...a highly valuable case study on one of the most important movements in community building in decades." --Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Insightful and thought-provoking.... Offers good humor, excellent research, compelling anecdotes." --BookPage

"[An] eminently readable account." --USA Today

"A prize winning reporter describes life in Disney's vision of the future in a book that is 'admirably candid and readable'." --Los Angeles Times

About the Author:

Nick was eleven and Becky was ten when Doug Frantz and Cathy Collins moved to Celebration, Florida. Doug is on the national staff of The New York Times, and he is the author of four books, including From the Ground Up and Levine and Co. He and Cathy are the authors of Teachers: Talking out of School.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0805055606
• ISBN 13: 9780805055603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 342