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Podcast: New Books in Popular Culture
Episode: Peter F. Burns et. al, "Disneyland Politics: How a Medium-Size City and Corporate Giant Coexist" (Temple UP, 2025)
Description: When Walt Disney decided to build Disneyland in Anaheim, CA in the 1950s, the move presented a puzzle for Anaheim’s government: How would the city balance the interests of private investors against those of the citizenry when the two came into conflict?
Disneyland Politics: How a Medium-Size City and Corporate Giant Coexist (Temple UP, 2025) by Dr. Peter F. Burns, Dr. Matthew O. Thomas, and Max R. Bieganski is a cogent examination of this urban power struggle, which has been playing out for 70 years. The authors show how the city was initially bound to the Disneyland Imperative, whi...