Going Out by David Nasaw
This is a social history of 20th-century show business and the new American public that assembled in the city's pleasure places, parks, theatres, nickledeons, world's fair midways and dance halls. African Americans were segregated and this cemented the rest of the audience.
No other book brings together so much material about so many different urban entertainment forms—and connects their history with a few simple and powerful overarching themes-- Warren Goldstein * The Nation *
David Nasaw’s fine history of public amusements in urban America is such a welcome contribution to contemporary cultural debate… Nasaw unearths fascinating details about everything from the early history of the movies to pre–World War I dance crazes; and he raises fundamental questions about the web of connections joining commercial play, public space and cultural cohesion. -- Jackson Lears * New York Times Book Review *
An effervescent social history. * The New Yorker *
David Nasaw’s fine history of public amusements in urban America is such a welcome contribution to contemporary cultural debate… Nasaw unearths fascinating details about everything from the early history of the movies to pre–World War I dance crazes; and he raises fundamental questions about the web of connections joining commercial play, public space and cultural cohesion. -- Jackson Lears * New York Times Book Review *
An effervescent social history. * The New Yorker *
David Nasaw is Professor of History and American Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674356221 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674356225 |
| Title | Going Out |
| Author | David Nasaw |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 1999-04-15 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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