Chambers, Niagara University. The Playful Crowd does what few studies of leisure have attempted--compare tourism across time and space.--Thomas A. Ultimately, the more homogenous demographic of the Blackpool crowd, less threatening to the middle class than the one that emerged at Coney Island, led reformers to scorn rather than eradicate working-class fun. Auvo Kostiainen: A valuable book for students studying pleasure, leisure, and tourism. Chambers, Niagara University "Winterthur Portfolio "The Playful Crowd succeeds admirably, both as comparative history and as a study of popular leisure.--Scott C. Martin "Journal of Social History " Columbia University Press. The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places in the Twentieth Century - Ebook written by Gary Cross, John K. Walton. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-12724-3 Full text not available from this repository. The Playful Crowd Introduction "Cross and Walton capture the sights and sounds of Blackpool and Coney Island and consider how these "Sodoms by the sea" flouted the social and cultural status quo. Susan Currell: Over the years, Cross and Walton have independently produced important and thought provoking studies of leisure and society; The Playful Crowd is no exception. The Playful Crowd may or may not be a model of historical collaboration for other historians, but it is a rare example of a genuine and sustained transatlantic collaboration on a transatlantic theme, and neither of the authors could have written it without the other. $32.50) The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places in the Twentieth Century. By Gary S. Cross and John K. Walton (New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. x plus 308 pp. The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places in the Twentieth Century The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places in the Twentieth Century Yates, Nigel 2009-11-15 00:00:00 BOOK REVIEWS The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places in the Twentieth Century, by Gary S. Cross and John K. Walton (New York: Columbia U.P., 2005; pp. Journal of Social History — Scott C. Martin. The Playful Crowd is an invaluable contribution to the fields of leisure, popular culture and consumerism in Britain and the US in the twentieth century. Winterthur Portfolio. Scott C. Martin: The Playful Crowd succeeds admirably, both as comparative history and as a study of popular leisure. From "Sodoms by the sea" at Coney Island and Blackpool to carefully orchestrated corporate entertainment, The Playful Crowd compares the pursuit of pleasure on both sides of the Atlantic. The authors capture the gritty vulgarity and charms of Coney Island and Blackpool and examine how Disneyland and Beamish, a heritage park that celebrates Britain's industrial and social history, evoke … Responding to the new money and mobility of the working class, the purveyors of Coney Island and Blackpool offered the playful crowd an "industrial saturnalia. The Playful Crowd does what few studies of leisure have attempted--compare tourism across time and space. "Cross and Walton capture the sights and sounds of Blackpool and Coney Island and consider how these "Sodoms by the sea" flouted the social and cultural status quo. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places in the Twentieth Century. The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places in the Twentieth Century. 308. The Playful Crowd does what few studies of leisure have attempted—compare tourism across time and space. — Thomas A. 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