With Amusement For All

Author : LeRoy Ashby
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813123974

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With Amusement for All by LeRoy Ashby Pdf

With Amusement for All contextualizes what Americans have done for fun since 1830, showing the reciprocal nature of the relationships among social, political, economic, and cultural forces and the ways in which the entertainment world has reflected, changed, or reinforced the values of American society.

Author : Orme and sons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600076849

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Prize essays on 'Billiards as an amusement for all classes' for which messrs Orme & sons presented [prizes]. by Orme and sons Pdf

Author : Eric Avila
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520248113

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Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight by Eric Avila Pdf

"In Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight, Eric Avila offers a unique argument about the restructuring of urban space in the two decades following World War II and the role played by new suburban spaces in dramatically transforming the political culture of the United States. Avila's work helps us see how and why the postwar suburb produced the political culture of 'balanced budget conservatism' that is now the dominant force in politics, how the eclipse of the New Deal since the 1970s represents not only a change of views but also an alteration of spaces."—George Lipsitz, author of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness

Author : Jim Cullen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470673652

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Popular Culture in American History by Jim Cullen Pdf

The second edition of Popular Culture in American History updates the text for a contemporary readership and explores academic developments in this area of study over the last decade. Fully revised second edition with over 50 percent new material Compact and classroom-friendly format Includes the best writing on popular culture from the 1970s onwards Essays examine pivotal moments, issues, and genres in American popular culture, from the ‘penny press’ to the Internet

Author : Burton W. Peretti
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812203363

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Nightclub City by Burton W. Peretti Pdf

In the Roaring Twenties, New York City nightclubs and speakeasies became hot spots where traditions were flouted and modernity was forged. With powerful patrons in Tammany Hall and a growing customer base, nightclubs flourished in spite of the efforts of civic-minded reformers and federal Prohibition enforcement. This encounter between clubs and government-generated scandals, reform crusades, and regulations helped to redefine the image and reality of urban life in the United States. Ultimately, it took the Great Depression to cool Manhattan's Jazz Age nightclubs, forcing them to adapt and relocate, but not before they left their mark on the future of American leisure. Nightclub City explores the cultural significance of New York City's nightlife between the wars, from Texas Guinan's notorious 300 Club to Billy Rose's nostalgic Diamond Horseshoe. Whether in Harlem, Midtown, or Greenwich Village, raucous nightclub activity tested early twentieth-century social boundaries. Anglo-Saxon novelty seekers, Eastern European impresarios, and African American performers crossed ethnic lines while provocative comediennes and scantily clad chorus dancers challenged and reshaped notions of femininity. These havens of liberated sexuality, as well as prostitution and illicit liquor consumption, allowed their denizens to explore their fantasies and fears of change. The reactions of cultural critics, federal investigators, and reformers such as Fiorello La Guardia exemplify the tension between leisure and order. Peretti's research delves into the symbiotic relationships among urban politicians, social reformers, and the business of vice. Illustrated with archival photographs of the clubs and the characters who frequented them, Nightclub City is a dark and dazzling study of New York's bygone nightlife.

Author : Ron McLarty
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101201022

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The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty Pdf

"Smithy is an American original, worthy of a place on the shelf just below your Hucks, your Holdens, your Yossarians." —Stephen King Every so often, a novel comes along that captures the public’s imagination with a story that sweeps readers up and takes them on a thrilling, unforgettable ride. Ron McLarty’s The Memory of Running is this decade’s novel. By all accounts, especially his own, Smithson "Smithy" Ide is a loser. An overweight, friendless, chain-smoking, forty-three-year-old drunk, Smithy’s life becomes completely unhinged when he loses his parents and long-lost sister within the span of one week. Rolling down the driveway of his parents’ house in Rhode Island on his old Raleigh bicycle to escape his grief, the emotionally bereft Smithy embarks on an epic, hilarious, luminous, and extraordinary journey of discovery and redemption.

Author : Jason Wood
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317045137

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The Amusement Park by Jason Wood Pdf

Cyclone, Revolution, Corkscrew; Luna Park, Pleasure Beach, Dreamland – names and places instantly familiar to rollercoaster and amusement park enthusiasts. But what first gave rise to the concept and nomenclature of the amusement park; how did amusement parks develop in Britain and elsewhere, and what fate awaits historic amusement parks and their rides today? This thought-provoking and timely book brings together leading writers from a variety of disciplines to explore the social history and cultural heritage of the amusement park. Rooted in the British experience but informed by extensive international coverage, it provides a thematic, comparative exploration of the origins, development, decline and significance of the amusement park. The rich set of case studies presented comment on the interrelationships between history, culture and heritage, challenging traditional academic boundaries while offering important contributions to policy-making and regeneration initiatives. The book provides new insights into a neglected aspect of popular culture and will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of history, heritage, tourism, leisure, technology and design.

Author : Chris Lindsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578468255

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Land of Fun by Chris Lindsley Pdf

Author : Kathy Peiss
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 9780877225003

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Cheap Amusements by Kathy Peiss Pdf

What did young, independent women do for fun and how did they pay their way into New York City's turn-of-the-century pleasure places? Cheap Amusements is a fascinating discussion of young working women whose meager wages often fell short of bare subsistence and rarely allowed for entertainment expenses. Kathy Peiss follows working women into saloons, dance halls, Coney Island amusement parks, social clubs, and nickelodeons to explore the culture of these young women between 1880 and 1920 as expressed in leisure activities. By examining the rituals and styles they adopted and placing that culture in the larger context of urban working-class life, she offers us a complex picture of the dynamics shaping a working woman's experience and consciousness at the turn-of-the-century. Not only does her analysis lead us to new insights into working-class culture, changing social relations between single men and women, and urban courtship, but it also gives us a fuller understanding of the cultural transformations that gave rise to the commercialization of leisure. The early twentieth century witnessed the emergence of "heterosocial companionship" as a dominant ideology of gender, affirming mixed-sex patterns of social interaction, in contrast to the nineteenth century's segregated spheres. Cheap Amusements argues that a crucial part of the "reorientation of American culture" originated from below, specifically in the subculture of working women to be found in urban dance halls and amusement resorts.

Author : Dale Samuelson,Wendy Yegoiants
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Amusement parks
ISBN : 9780760309810

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The American Amusement Park by Dale Samuelson,Wendy Yegoiants Pdf

A photographic retrospective covers more than 100 years of images from the history of the American amusement park.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-06
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1926685725

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Me Funny by Anonim Pdf

Humor has always been an essential part of North American aboriginal culture. This fact remained unnoticed by most settlers, however, since non-aboriginals just didn’t get the joke. For most of written history, a stern, unyielding profile of “the Indian” dominated the popular mainstream imagination. Indians, it was believed, never laughed. But Indians themselves always knew better. As an award-winning playwright, columnist, and comedy-sketch creator, Drew Hayden Taylor has spent 15 years writing and researching aboriginal humor. For Me Funny, he asked a noted cast of writers from a variety of fields — including such celebrated wordsmiths as Thomas King, Allan J. Ryan, Mirjam Hirch, and Tomson Highway — to take a look at what makes aboriginal humor tick. Their hilarious, enlightening contributions playfully examine the use of humor in areas as diverse as stand-up comedy, fiction, visual art, drama, performance, poetry, traditional storytelling, and education.

Author : Neil Postman
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : PSU:000012455942

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Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman Pdf

Examines the effects of television culture on how we conduct our public affairs and how "entertainment values" corrupt the way we think.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123029378

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Choice by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UCSC:32106007387258

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Up from the Country by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux Pdf

Author : Neil Postman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 014303653X

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Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman Pdf

What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever. "It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death, but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” -CNN Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with television joined by more sophisticated electronic media—from the Internet to cell phones to DVDs—it has taken on even greater significance. Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining control of our media, so that they can serve our highest goals. “A brilliant, powerful, and important book. This is an indictment that Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one.” –Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World