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Author Johnson, Steven, 1968- author.

Title Wonderland : how play made the modern world / Steven Johnson.

Publication Info. New York : Riverhead Books, 2016.

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  790.1 JOHNSON    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  790.1 JOHNSON    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  790.1 JOH    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  790.1 JOHNSON    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  790.1 JOH    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  790.1 J63    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  790.1 JOHNSON    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  790.1 JOH    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  790.1 JOHNSON    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  790.1 JOHNSON    Check Shelf

Description 322 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-306) and index.
Contents Fashion and shopping -- Music -- Taste -- Illusion -- Games -- Public space.
Summary A history of popular entertainment explores the world-changing innovations humans have made while keeping themselves entertained and introduces the explorers, proprietors, showmen, and artists who became the innovators of leisure.
Subject Amusements -- History.
HISTORY / World.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions.
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Amusements. (OCoLC)fst00808105
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780399184482 (hardback)
0399184481 (hardback)
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