Amusing the Million by John F Kasson
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.
Kasson, John F.: - 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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780809001330 |
| ISBN 10 | 0809001330 |
| Title | Amusing the Million |
| Author | John F Kasson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S. |
| Year published | 1978-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 132 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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