Thrill Ride
the transformation of hersheypark
$75.40
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2025
Summary
Hershey Park: From Chocolate Town to Thrill Ride
More than an amusement park linked to a chocolate empire, Hershey Park in its early years was an extension of industrialist Milton Hershey’s paternalistic capitalism. Hershey sought to avoid the labor strife seen in other industries by giving his workers a better deal. He provided employees with affordable homes, free schools, utility subsidies, and municipal services as well as amenities including a theater, library, and amusement pa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780271099927 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0271099925 |
| Series: | Keystone Books |
| Author: | John R. Haddad |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Imprint: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 501g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
“Combining delightful storytelling and writing with engaging research, Thrill Ride takes us on an intimate and sweeping journey through Hershey’s factory town to early Hersheypark.”
—Gary Cross, coauthor of The Playful Crowd: Pleasure Places in the Twentieth Century
“Finally, a comprehensive account of how America’s favorite chocolate-themed park—flavored by the global candy giant—not only survived turbulent times but ultimately transformed into a world-class destination.”
—Barry R. Hill, author of Imagineering an American Dreamscape: Genesis, Evolution, and Redemption of the Regional Theme Park
About The Author
John R. Haddad
John R. Haddad is Professor of American Studies and Popular Culture at Penn State Harrisburg. He is the author of America’s First Adventure in China: Trade, Treaties, Opium, and Salvation and Cultures Colliding: American Missionaries, Chinese Resistance, and the Rise of Modern Institutions in China.
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