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Fantasy City is a fascinating study of what the author calls urban entertainment destinations... .This is a well-researched, interesting book that is another important step in correcting the productivist bias in sociology and other social sciences. <br>- The Annals of the American Academy <br>... collegiate instructors will find Fantasy City useful classroom fodder for its accessibility to undergraduate students. <br>- American Journal of Sociology <br> Well documented and well writeen, this timely book covers a controversial subject. Recommended for academic libraries and an interested general public SUNY Coll. of Technology. <br>... Hannigan brings a fresh...approach to the issues with his interesting mixture of sociologically-oriented analysis and...righteous indignation.... Fantasy City is a valuable addition to the growing bibliography of studies on the role of entertainment in the modern (and postmodern) city. <br>-Demetri Detsaridis, American Studies International <br> Hannigan has written a clear and thoughtprovoking explanation of the proliferation of giant stadiums, casinos, themed restaurants, megastores, and the like across the urban landscape. <br>- ARTS, 3/99 <br>

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

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