John Hannigan is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Environmental Sociology also published by Routledge.

'Hannigan provides a coherent and well-researched account of the flight of entertainment centres into the suburbs during the 1950s.' - Puncture (music magazine)

• Introduction; Part 1 Going out and Staying in; Chapter 1 “At Prices all can Afford”; Chapter 2 Don't Go Out Tonight; Chapter 3 “Cities are Fun”; Part 2 Landscapes of Pleasure; Chapter 4 “Sanitized Razzmatazz”; Chapter 5 Shopertainment, Eatertainment, Edutainment; Part 3 Entertaining Developments; Chapter 6 The “Weenie” and the “Genie”; Chapter 7 Calling the Shots; Chapter 8 Gambling on Fantasy; Chapter 9 Land of the Rising Fun; Chapter 10 Saved by a Mouse?;

John Hannigan is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Environmental Sociology also published by Routledge.

'Hannigan provides a coherent and well-researched account of the flight of entertainment centres into the suburbs during the 1950s.' - Puncture (music magazine)

• Introduction; Part 1 Going out and Staying in; Chapter 1 “At Prices all can Afford”; Chapter 2 Don't Go Out Tonight; Chapter 3 “Cities are Fun”; Part 2 Landscapes of Pleasure; Chapter 4 “Sanitized Razzmatazz”; Chapter 5 Shopertainment, Eatertainment, Edutainment; Part 3 Entertaining Developments; Chapter 6 The “Weenie” and the “Genie”; Chapter 7 Calling the Shots; Chapter 8 Gambling on Fantasy; Chapter 9 Land of the Rising Fun; Chapter 10 Saved by a Mouse?;

John Hannigan is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Environmental Sociology also published by Routledge.

'Hannigan provides a coherent and well-researched account of the flight of entertainment centres into the suburbs during the 1950s.' - Puncture (music magazine)

• Introduction; Part 1 Going out and Staying in; Chapter 1 “At Prices all can Afford”; Chapter 2 Don't Go Out Tonight; Chapter 3 “Cities are Fun”; Part 2 Landscapes of Pleasure; Chapter 4 “Sanitized Razzmatazz”; Chapter 5 Shopertainment, Eatertainment, Edutainment; Part 3 Entertaining Developments; Chapter 6 The “Weenie” and the “Genie”; Chapter 7 Calling the Shots; Chapter 8 Gambling on Fantasy; Chapter 9 Land of the Rising Fun; Chapter 10 Saved by a Mouse?;