3. The Crowd and its Critics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Making the Popular Resort: Coney Island and Blackpool about 1900 11
6. 2. Industrial Saturnalia and the Playful Crowd 59
7. 3. The Crowd and its Critics 97
8. 4. Decline and Reinvention: Coney Island and Blackpool 131
9. 5. The Disney Challenge 167
10. 6. “Enrichment through Enjoyment”: The Beamish Museum in a Theme Park Age 205
11. 7. The Crowd Transformed? 239
12. Notes 257
13. Index 297