Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century (American Century)
Book Details
Author(s)John F. Kasson
PublisherAmerican Century
ISBN / ASIN0809001330
ISBN-139780809001330
AvailabilityGewöhnlich versandfertig in 24 Stunden
Sales Rank729,935
CategorySocial Science
MarketplaceGermany 🇩🇪
Description
Amusing the Million 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,... Full description


