Babes in Tomorrowland

Examines the place of Disney in the changing construction of childhood in mid-twentieth-century America

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: The Child 1 1. Disney Makes Disney 25 2. Making a Manageable Child 81 3. In Middletown 135 4. America's True-Life Adventure 195 5. Raising the Natural Child 247 6. Disney Maps the Frontier 300 Conclusion: The Child as Victim of Commodities 357 Notes 387 References 427 Filmography 453 Index 455