THEMERICA™

BIBLIOGRAPHY

This is a list of works I referenced while working on the project.

 

BOOKS

Adams, Judith A. The Amusement Park Industry. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991.

Alcorn, Steve and David Green. Building a Better Mouse: The Story of the Electronic Imagineers Who Designed EPCOT. Orlando: Theme Perks Press, 2007.

Anderson, Martyn J., ed. The Jerde Partnership International: Visceral Reality. Milan: L'Arca Edizioni, 1998.

Anderton, Frances. You Are Here: The Jerde Partnership International. London: Phaidon, 1999.

Antonelli, Paola; Andrew Garn (ed.) and Udo Kultermann. Exit to Tomorrow: World's Fair Architecture, Design, Fashion 1933–2005. New York: Rizzoli/Universe, 2007.

Basten, Fred E. and Charles Phoenix. Fabulous Las Vegas in the 50s: Glitz, Glamour & Games. Santa Monica: Angel City Press, 1999.

Baudrillard, Jean. Simulacra and Simulation. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994.

Beard, Richard R. Walt Disney's EPCOT Center. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982.

Bokovoy, Matthew F. The San Diego World's Fairs and Southwestern Memory, 1880–1940. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005.

Brandon, Pam. One Day at Disney. New York: Hyperion, 1999.

Bright, Randy. Disneyland: Inside Story. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987.

Brown, Denise Scott; Steven Izenour and Robert Venturi.Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form (revised edition). Boston: The MIT Press, 1977.

Bryman, Alan. The Disneyization of Society.Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2004.

Budd, Mike, ed. and Max H. Kirsch, ed. Rethinking Disney: Private Control, Public Dimensions.Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2005.

Chung, Chuihua Judy, ed. The Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping.Koln: Taschen, 2002.

Clavé, S. Anton. The Global Theme Park Industry. Oxfordshire: CABI, 2007.

Danish, Andrew and Alan Hess. Palm Springs Weekend: The Architecture and Design of a Midcentury Oasis. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2001.

Dunlop, Beth. Building a Dream: The Art of Disney Architecture.New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.

Eco, Umberto. Travels in Hyperreality.San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986.

Ferrari, Michelle and Stephen Ives. Las Vegas: An Unconventional History. New York: Bulfinch Press, 2005.

Findlay, John M. Magic Lands: Western Cityscapes and American Culture After 1940. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992.

Finnie, Shawn. The Disneylands That Never Were. London: Lulu Enterprises, 2006.

Fjellman, Stephen M. Vinyl Leaves: Walt Disney World and America. Boulder: Westview Press, 1992.

Foglesong, Richard E. Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001.

Fox, William L. In the Desert of Desire: Las Vegas and the Culture of Spectacle. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2005.

France, Van Arsdale. Window on Main Street: 35 Years of Creating Happiness at Disneyland Park. Nashua; Laughter Publications, 1991.

Franci, Giovanna and Federico Zignani. Dreaming of Italy: Las Vegas and the Virtual Grand Tour. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2005.

Ghez, Didier. Disneyland Paris: From Sketch to Reality. Paris: Nouveau Millenaire Editions, 2002.

Gilmore, James H. and B. Joseph Pine. The Experience Economy: Work Is Theater & Every Business a Stage. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.

Gordon, Bruce and David Mumford. Disneyland: The Nickel Tour (2nd edition). Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 2000.

Gordon, Bruce and Tim O'Day. Disneyland: Then, Now and Forever.New York: Disney Editions, 2005.

Gordon, Bruce and Kevin Rafferty. Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real.New York: Hyperion, 1996.

Gottdiener, Mark. The Theming of America: Dreams, Visions and Commercial Spaces. Boulder: Westview Press, 1997.

Gottdiener, Mark. The Theming of America: American Dreams, Media Fantasies and Themed Environments (2nd edition). Boulder: Westview Press, 2001.

Graebner, William, ed. True Stories From The American Past (Volume II, Since 1865). New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Harris, Richard. Early Amusement Parks of Orange County. San Francisco: Arcadia Publishing, 2008.

Hench, John, with Peggy Van Pelt. Designing Disney: Imagineering and the Art of the Show. New York: Disney Editions, 2003.

Herwig, Oliver. Dream Worlds: Architecture and Entertainment.New York: Prestel Verlag, 2006.

Hess, Alan. Viva Las Vegas: After Hours Architecture. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993.

Hess, Alan. Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside Architecture. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2004.

Hiaasen, Carl. Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World. New York: Ballantine Books, 1998.

Hibbard, Don. Designing Paradise: The Allure of the Hawaiian Resort. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2006.

Huxtable, Ada Louise. The Unreal America: Architecture and Illusion. New York: The New Press, 1997.

Iannacci, Anthony, ed. Gensler Entertainment: The Art of Placemaking. Milan: L'Arca Edizioni, 2001.

Joyce, Alan. Secrets of the Mouse: An Unofficial Behind-the-Scenes Guide to Disneyland Park. Seattle: CreateSpace, 2008.

Kirsten, Sven A. The Book of Tiki.Koln: Taschen, 2003.

Kirsten, Sven A. Tiki Modern. Koln: Taschen, 2007.

Klingmann , Anna. Brandscapes: Architecture in the Experience Economy. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2007.

Koenig, David. More Mouse Tales: A Closer Peak Backstage at Disneyland. Irvine, California: Bonaventure Press, 1999.

Koenig, David. Mouse Tales: A Behind the Ears Look at Disneyland. Irvine, California: Bonaventure Press, 1994.

Koenig, David. Realityland: True-life Adventures at Walt Disney World. Irvine, California: Bonaventure Press, 2007.

Koolhaas, Rem and Mau, Bruce. S, M, L, XL. Koln: Taschen, 1998.

Kuenz, Jane; Karen Klugman, Shelton Waldrep and Susan Willis.Inside the Mouse: Work and Play at Disney World.Durham: Duke University Press, 1995.

Kurtti, Jeff. Since the World Began: Walt Disney World, The First 25 Years. New York: Hyperion, 1996.

Kurtti, Jeff. The Art of Disneyland.New York: Disney Editions, 2005.

Kurtti, Jeff. Walt Disney's Imagineering Legends and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park.New York: Disney Editions, 2008.

Lainsbury, Andrew. Once Upon a Dream: The Story of Euro Disneyland. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2000.

Lukas, Scott. The Themed Space. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2007.

Lukas, Scott. Theme Park. London: Reaktion Books, 2008.

Markey, Kevin. Around the World with Disney. New York: Disney Editions, 2005.

Markey, Kevin. Secret's of Disney's Glorious Gardens. New York: Disney Editions, 2006.

Marling, Karal Ann. As Seen On TV: The Visual Culture of Everyday Life in the 1950s. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994.

Marling, Karal Ann, ed. Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance. Paris: Flammarion/CCA, 1997.

Mau, Bruce and David Rockwell. Spectacle.New York: Phaidon, 2006.

Mitrasinovic, Miodrag. Total Landscape, Theme Parks, Public Space.London: Ashgate Publishing, 2006.

O'Brien, Tim. Legends: Pioneers of the Amusement Park Industry. Orlando: Ripley Entertainment, 2006.

Phoenix, Charles. Americana the Beautiful: Mid-Century Culture in Kodachrome. Santa Monica: Angel City Press, 2006.

Phoenix, Charles. Southern California in the '50s: Sun, Fun and Fantasy. Santa Monica: Angel City Press, 2001.

Phoenix, Charles. Southern Californialand: Mid-Century Culture in Kodachrome. Santa Monica: Angel City Press, 2004.

Raz, Aviad E. Riding the Black Ship: Japan and Tokyo Disneyland. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999.

Real, Michael. Mass Mediated Culture. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1977

Register, Woody. The Kid of Coney Island: Fred Thompson and the Rise of American Amusements.NewYork: Oxford University Press, 2001

Ritzer, George. Enchanting a Disenchanted World: Revolutionizing the Means of Consumption (2nd edition). Thousand Oaks: Pine Forge Press, 2005.

Rockwell, David. Pleasure: The Architecture and Design of Rockwell Group. New York: Universe Publishing, 2002.

Samuelson, Dale and Wendy Yegoiants. The American Amusement Park. St. Paul: MBI Publishing, 2001.

Schickel, Richard. The Disney Version (3rd edition).Chicago: Elephant Paperbacks, 1997.

Schultz, Jason and Kevin Yee. 101 Things You Never Knew About Disneyland.Orange: Zauberreich, 2005.

Schultz, Jason and Kevin Yee. 101 Things You Never Knew About Walt Disney World. Orange: Zauberreich, 2006.

Schultz, Jason and Kevin Yee. Magic Quizdom. Orange: Zauberreich, 2003.

Shannon, Leonard. Disneyland: Dreams, Traditions, Transitions. Anaheim, California: Walt Disney Attractions Merchandise, 1993.

Sklar, Martin A. Walt Disney's Disneyland. Anaheim, California. Walt Disney Productions, 1969.

Smoodlin, Eric, ed. Disney Discourse. Oxford: Routledge, 1994.

Sorkin, Michael, ed. Variations on a Theme Park. New York: Hill & Wang, 1992.

Stewart, James B. DisneyWar. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.

Strodder, Chris. The Disneyland Encyclopedia. Santa Monica: Santa Monica Press, 2008.

Surrell, Jason. Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies. New York: Disney Editions, 2005.

Surrell, Jason. The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies. New York: Disney Editions, 2003.

Surrell, Jason. The Disney Mountains: Imagineering At Its Peak. New York: Disney Editions, 2007.

Telotte, J.P. The Mouse Machine: Disney and Technology. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2008.

Thie, Carlene. Disneyland: The Beginning. Riverside: Ape Pen Publishing, 2003.

Thie, Carlene. Homecoming Destination Disneyland.Riverside: Ape Pen Publishing, 2005.

Thomas, Bob. Walt Disney: An American Original. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1976.

Walt Disney Productions. Disneyland: The First Quarter Century. Anaheim, California: Walt Disney Attractions Merchandise, 1979.

Walt Disney Productions. EuroDisney. Paris: Walt Disney Attractions Merchandise, 1992.

Walt Disney Productions. Walt Disney World: The First Decade. Orlando, Florida: Walt Disney Attractions Merchandise, 1993.

Wallace, Michael. Mickey Mouse History and Other Essays. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.

Wasko, Janet, ed. Understanding Disney: The Manufacture of Fantasy.Cambridge: Polity Press, 2001.

Watts, Steven. The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.

Wright, Alex. The Imagineering Field Guide to Disney's Animal Kingdom. New York: Disney Editions, 2007.

Wright, Alex. The Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland. New York: Disney Editions, 2008.

Wright, Alex. The Imagineering Field Guide to Epcot.New York: Disney Editions, 2006.

Wright, Alex. The Imagineering Field Guide to the Magic Kingdom.New York: Disney Editions, 2005.

Yee, Kevin. Mouse Trap: Memoir of a Disneyland Cast Member. Orlando: Ultimate Orlando Press, 2008.

Yee, Kevin. Tokyo Disney Made Easy. Orlando: Ultimate Orlando Press, 2008.

Zukin, Sharon. Landscapes of Power: Detroit to Disney World. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991.

PERIODICALS

De Roos, Robert. "The Magic Worlds of Walt Disney." National Geographic 124 (August 1963): 159-207.

Francaiglia, Richard V. "Main Street U.S.A.: A Comparison/Contrast of Streetscapes in Walt Disney World." Journal of Popular Culture 15 (Summer 1981): 141-56.

Goldberger, Paul. "Mickey Mouse Teaches the Architects." New York Times, October 22, 1972, Section 6, p.40.

Gottdiener, Mark. "Disneyland: A Utopian Urban Space." Urban Life 11 (July 1982):

King, Margaret J. "Disneyland and Walt Disney World: Traditional Values in Futuristic Form." Journal of Popular Culture 15 (Summer 1981): 116-37.

Marling, Karal Ann. "Disneyland 1955." American Art 5 (Winter/Spring 1991): 167-207.

Mechling, Elizabeth Walker, and Jay Mechling. “The Sale of Two Cities: A Semiotic Comparison of Disneyland with Marriot’s Great America.” Journal of Popular Culture 15 (Summer 1981): 166-79.

Muschamp, Herbert. "Disney: Genuinely Artificial, Really Surreal." New York Times, October 4, 1998, AR41.

Weinstein, Raymond M. "Disneyland and Coney Island: Reflections of the Evolution of the Modern Amusement Park." Journal of Popular Culture 26 (Summer 1992): 131-62.

SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS

Kurtti, Jeff. The Magic Begins with Me. New York: Disney Editions, 2005.

Marling, Karal Ann with Donna R. Braden. Behind the Magic: 50 Years of Disneyland. Dearborn: The Henry Ford, 2005.

The Walt Disney Company. The Art of Disneyland 1953–1986 (exhibit Catalog, The Disney Gallery Inaugural Exhibition 1987–1988), 1987.

The Walt Disney Company. From the Kingdom of Dreams: The Art of Disneyland, The Magic Kingdom, and Tokyo Disneyland (Exhibit Catalog, The Disney Gallery Tokyo Disneyland), c. 1988.

Walt Disney Productions. Walt Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean. Anaheim, California. Walt Disney Productions, 1969.

VIDEO RECORDINGS

Disney Theme Park Merchandise. Imagineering the Magic. DVD (2 discs), 2008.

Walt Disney Video. Walt Disney Treasures - Disneyland - Secrets, Stories & Magic. DVD (2 discs), 2007.

Walt Disney Video. Walt Disney Treasures - Disneyland USA. DVD (2 discs), 2001.

A&E Home Video.Modern Marvels - Walt Disney World (History Channel). DVD, 2006.