{"product_id":"9781982115234","title":"The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney","description":"\u003cb\u003e“The single most illuminating work on America and the movies” (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e: the story of how a shy boy from Chicago crashed Hollywood and created the world’s first multimedia entertainment empire\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eone that shapes American popular culture to this day. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Walter Elias Disney moved to Hollywood in 1923, the twenty-one-year-old cartoonist seemed an unlikely businessman—and yet within less than two decades, he’d transformed his small animation studio into one of the most successful and beloved brands of the twentieth century. But behind Disney’s boisterous entrepreneurial imagination and iconic characters lay regressive cultural attitudes that, as The Walt Disney Company’s influence grew, began to not simply reflect the values of midcentury America but actually shape the country’s character.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lauded as “one of the best studies ever done on American popular culture” (Stephen J. Whitfield, Professor of American Civilization at Brandeis University), Richard Schickel’s \u003ci\u003eThe Disney Version\u003c\/i\u003e explores Walt Disney’s extraordinary entrepreneurial success, his fascinatingly complex character, and—decades after his death—his lasting legacy on America.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46476972982513,"sku":"9781982115234","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781982115234_p0.jpg?v=1765418593","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781982115234","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}