Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century - Couverture souple

Kasson, John F.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0809001330 ISBN 13 : 9780809001330

Editeur : Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S., 1978

Synopsis

Coney Island: the name still resonates with a sense of racy Brooklyn excitement, the echo of beach-front popular entertainment before World War I. Amusing the Million examines the historical context in which Coney Island made its reputation as an amusement park and shows how America's changing social and economic conditions formed the basis of a new mass culture. Exploring it afresh in this way, John Kasson shows Coney Island no longer as the object of nostalgia but as a harbinger of modernity--and the many photographs, lithographs, engravings, and other reproductions with which he amplifies his text support this lively thesis.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John F. Kasson, who teaches history and American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the author of Houdini, Tarzan and the Perfect Man; Amusing the Million; Rudeness and Civility; and Civilizing the Machine.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1978
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0809001330
• ISBN 13: 9780809001330
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 132
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible