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9780465026548

Going Out : The Rise and Fall of Public Amusements

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  • ISBN13:

    9780465026548

  • ISBN10:

    0465026540

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-01-01
  • Publisher: Perseus Books Group
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Summary

Chronicles public amusement from when it was strictly for the wealthy, to the rise of vaudeville halls, phonograph parlors, and penny arcades--which brought the privilege to the working class--to the present, discussing barriers of class, ethnicity, and race

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Dollar Theaters, Concert Saloons, and Dime Museums
""Something for Everybody"" at the Vaudeville Theater
""The Best Smelling Crowd in the World""
The ""Indecent"" Others
The City as Playground: The World's Fair Midways
""The Summer Show""
The National Game
""Laughter and Liberty Galore"": Early Twentieth-Century Dance Halls, Ballrooms, and Cabarets
Talking and Singing Machines, Parlors, and Peep Shows
""The Surest Immediate Money-Maker Ever Kno
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