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Overview
During the final months of his life, Walt Disney was consumed with building an experimental community to help solve urban problems. His team's preliminary planning at the time of his death in 1966 drew freely from the technology of American industry to house, employ, entertain, and educate residents and millions of visitors. Disney called the concept the 'Experimental Prototype community of Tomorrow', or EPCOT. It was the most ambitious project he would ever undertake. This beautifully written, instantly engrossing volume focuses on the original concept of EPCOT.Synopsis
Towards the end of his life, Walt Disney conceived of a utopian project called the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (EPCOT) that was to become, in adulterated form, a section of the Disney theme park in Florida. Mannheim (California State U.) focuses on the original plans in his largely uncritical exhumation of the physical planning, architectural conceptions, technology, economics, and operations and management of the utopian project. A final chapter explores the influence of the original plans on the Epcot Center and the Disney company town Celebration, Florida. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR