The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life

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University of Missouri Press, 2013 M05 9 - 550 pages
The Magic Kingdom sheds new light on the cultural icon of "Uncle Walt." Watts digs deeply into Disney's private life, investigating his roles as husband, father, and brother and providing fresh insight into his peculiar psyche-his genuine folksiness and warmth, his domineering treatment of colleagues and friends, his deepest prejudices and passions. Full of colorful sketches of daily life at the Disney Studio and tales about the creation of Disneyland and Disney World, The Magic Kingdom offers a definitive view of one of the most influential Americans of the twentieth century.

 

Contents

II The Disney Golden Age
61
III Trouble in Fantasyland
201
IV Disney and the American Century
281
Epilogue
446
Notes
455
Bibliographic Essay
509
Index
513
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Steven Watts is Chairman of the History Department at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is the author of several books, including The Republic Reborn: War and the Making of Liberal America, 1790-1820.

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