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Disney & His Worlds

Author : Alan Bryman

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 200 pages

File Size : 30,89 MB

Release : 2003-09-02

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1134849834

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This work provides an overview of the Disney organization, in particular the theme parks and their significance for contemporary culture. The author examines topics such as Walt Disney's life and how his biography has been constructed, the Disney Company in the years after his death and various writings about the Disney theme parks. He raises important issues about the parks such as: whether they are harbringers of postmodernism; the significance of consumption at the parks; and the representation of past and future. The discussion of theme parks links with the presentation of Disney's biography and his organization by showing how central economic and business considerations have been in their development and how the significance of these considerations is typically marginalized in order to place an emphasis on fantasy and magic.



Disney's World

Author : Leonard Mosley

Publisher : Scarborough House

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 12,3 MB

Release : 1990-10-01

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 158979656X

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Book Description

Documents the stunning accomplishments of Disney's imaginative genius. It is not a flattering portrait. Library Journal



Disney It's A Small World: Hello, World!

Author : Disney Books

Publisher : Disney Electronic Content

Page : 20 pages

File Size : 20,68 MB

Release : 2015-05-26

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 148475087X

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Read along with Disney! This charming book takes children on a world tour by teaching them to say "Hello" in 10 different languages. The book includes all-new artwork that's colorful, modern, and inspired by Mary Blair's designs for the famous Disney theme parks attraction, "It's a Small World"!



It's a Small World

Author : Walt Disney Productions

Publisher :

Page : 48 pages

File Size : 31,99 MB

Release : 1983

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780553055160

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Book Description

Learn about other countries and cultures.



Disney's Land

Author : Richard Snow

Publisher : Scribner

Page : 432 pages

File Size : 13,20 MB

Release : 2020-12-01

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1501190814

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A propulsive and “entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) history chronicling the conception and creation of the iconic Disneyland theme park, as told like never before by popular historian Richard Snow. One day in the early 1950s, Walt Disney stood looking over 240 acres of farmland in Anaheim, California, and imagined building a park where people “could live among Mickey Mouse and Snow White in a world still powered by steam and fire for a day or a week or (if the visitor is slightly mad) forever.” Despite his wealth and fame, exactly no one wanted Disney to build such a park. Not his brother Roy, who ran the company’s finances; not the bankers; and not his wife, Lillian. Amusement parks at that time, such as Coney Island, were a generally despised business, sagging and sordid remnants of bygone days. Disney was told that he would only be heading toward financial ruin. But Walt persevered, initially financing the park against his own life insurance policy and later with sponsorship from ABC and the sale of thousands and thousands of Davy Crockett coonskin caps. Disney assembled a talented team of engineers, architects, artists, animators, landscapers, and even a retired admiral to transform his ideas into a soaring yet soothing wonderland of a park. The catch was that they had only a year and a day in which to build it. On July 17, 1955, Disneyland opened its gates…and the first day was a disaster. Disney was nearly suicidal with grief that he had failed on a grand scale. But the curious masses kept coming, and the rest is entertainment history. Eight hundred million visitors have flocked to the park since then. In Disney’s Land, “Snow brings a historian’s eye and a child’s delight, not to mention superb writing, to the telling of this fascinating narrative” (Ken Burns) that “will entertain Disneyphiles and readers of popular American history” (Publishers Weekly).



The Disney Book

Author : Jim Fanning

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 40,54 MB

Release : 2023

Category : Animated films

ISBN :

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From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Wish, Mary Poppins to The Little Mermaid, Disneyland to Tokyo DisneySea, and the fireworks to fan clubs, explore the captivating worlds and groundbreaking creations of Disney and Pixar in this fully updated guide. Marvel at beautiful art and artifacts from The Walt Disney Company's vast historical collections, and discover imaginative moviemaking, enchanting parks, and fascinating collectibles.



Disney It's A Small World: I Love You!

Author : Disney Books

Publisher : Disney Electronic Content

Page : 14 pages

File Size : 16,78 MB

Release : 2015-05-26

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1484750853

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Book Description

Read along with Disney! Celebrate love, friendship, and family around the world. Each page introduces a different character who teaches the reader how to say "I love you" in their language. The book includes all-new artwork that's colorful, modern, and inspired by Mary Blair's designs for the famous Disney theme parks attraction, "It's a Small World"!



A Portrait of Walt Disney World

Author : Kevin Kern

Publisher : Disney Editions

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 26,91 MB

Release : 2021-09-28

Category : Art

ISBN : 9781368052849

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This expansive, must-have coffee table book paints a robust portrait of the Walt Disney World Resort, across half a century, through diverse and vibrant voices and mostly unseen Disney theme park concept art and photographs. Walt Disney's vision for the Florida Project begins with Disneyland and the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. After an imaginative and expansive design, a unique land acquisition process, and an innovative construction period, the Walt Disney World Resort celebrated its Grand Opening in October 1971. It featured a theme park dubbed the Magic Kingdom and three recreational resorts: Disney's Contemporary Resort, Disney's Polynesian Village, and Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground. As Walt Disney World consistently grew and further evolved through the five decades that followed, certain themes reverberated: an appreciation for nostalgia, a joy for fantasy, a hunger for discovery, and an unending hope for a better tomorrow. Inspirational and memorable theme parks, water parks, sports arenas, recreational water sports, world-class golf courses, vast shopping villages, and a transportation network unlike any other in the world resulted in fun, festive, and familiar characters, traditions, spectacles, merchandise, and so much more. The resort has come to represent the pulse of American leisure and has served as a backdrop for life's milestones both big and small, public and private. Walt Disney World: A Portrait of the First Half Century serves as a treasure trove for vacationers, students of hospitality, artists, and all Disney collectors. Searching for that perfect gift for the Disney theme park fan in your life? Explore more archival-quality books from Disney Editions: Holiday Magic at the Disney Parks The Disney Monorail: Imagineering a Highway in the Sky Walt Disney's Ultimate Inventor: The Genius of Ub Iwerks One Day at Disney: Meet the People Who Make the Magic Across the Globe Marc Davis in His Own Words: Imagineering the Disney Theme Parks Yesterday's Tomorrow: Disney's Magical Mid-Century Eat Like Walt: The Wonderful World of Disney Food Maps of the Disney Parks: Charting 60 Years from California to Shanghai The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic Poster Art of the Disney Parks



The Story of Walt Disney

Author : Bernice Selden

Publisher : Yearling

Page : 96 pages

File Size : 24,4 MB

Release : 2009-07-01

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0307568326

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When Walt Disney was a child, he loved to draw. It's no wonder he grew up to create such memorable and loveable characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. Walt Disney spent a lifetime entertaining and delighting millions of children and adults alike--on film, on television, and in his magical kingdoms of Disneyland and Disney world. This is his story.



It's a Small World (Disney Classic)

Author : Golden Books

Publisher : Golden/Disney

Page : 15 pages

File Size : 39,66 MB

Release : 2021-01-05

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0736441328

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This Little Golden Book takes readers on a journey into the iconic Disney Parks' "it's a small world" attraction-which is celebrating its 55th year in 2021! Travel our small world the Disney way in this beautifully illustrated Little Golden Book! From the Eiffel Tower to the Egyptian Pyramids and the Taj Mahal, readers can experience Disney Parks' famous "it's a small world" attraction like never before in this storybook. Perfect for Disney and Little Golden Book fans of all ages, this book will be available for the attraction's 55th anniversary in 2021!