Celebration, U.S.A.
Subtitle: Living in Disney's Brave New Town
By: Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins.
Contributors: Collins, Catherine.
Edition: 1st Owl books ed. (1)
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780805055610
Copyright date: 2000
Subjects: Walt Disney Enterprises; City and town life -- Florida -- Celebration; City planning -- Florida -- Celebration; Celebration (Fla.) -- Social conditions; Celebration (Fla.)
Description: What is it like to start a new community-not a suburb or a subdivision, but a town, intended to be a self-supporting community that combines the best of the new technological innovations and the most cherished nostalgic elements of American towns? In 1997, six months after the first residents relocated to Celebration, Florida--Disney's "model" town--Doug Frantz and Cathy Collins and their two children moved in to participate in and report on this new venture. Their account, which The Richmond Style Weekly called a "fascinating and evenhanded" report from the trenches, follows the ups and downs of the two years the family lived this experiment firsthand; the new afterword details their surprisingly difficult transition back to a "normal life" in Westport, Connecticut. Their experience tells us as much about ourselves and our hopes and dreams as it does about the daily reality of building a community from the ground up.
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"An Owl book."
US/CAN
Table of contents: title: 1. The Cult of the Mouse --; title: 2. Back to the Future --; title: 3. Citizen Disney --; title: 4. Town & Country Marriages --; title: 5. Great Expectations --; title: 6. School Daze --; title: 7. The Zeus Box --; title: 8. Scorpions and Other Neighbors --; title: 9. Looking for Mayberry --; title: 10. Visitation Rites --; title: 11. Swamp Song --; title: 12. Bowling Together --; title: 13. An Epiphany --; title: 14. Civil Wars --; title: 15. Truman Didn't Sleep Here.