Cheap Amusements:Working Women & Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York
ISBN-13:
9780877223894
ISBN-10:
0877223890
Author:
Kathy Peiss
Publication date:
1986
Publisher:
Temple University Press
Format:
Hardcover
244 pages
Category:
State & Local
,
United States History
,
Americas History
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ISBN-13:
9780877223894
ISBN-10:
0877223890
Author:
Kathy Peiss
Publication date:
1986
Publisher:
Temple University Press
Format:
Hardcover
244 pages
Category:
State & Local
,
United States History
,
Americas History
Summary
Cheap Amusements:Working Women & Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York (ISBN-13: 9780877223894 and ISBN-10: 0877223890), written by authors
Kathy Peiss, was published by Temple University Press in 1986.
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In her beautifully written, meticulously documented, and precisely argued study, (the author) describes in detail how young working women spent their free time and money. Cheap Amusements takes us beyond the flat stereotypes of 19th century poor and laboring women...Peiss extensive research provides us with a wealth of details about amusement parks, early silent movies plots, and dance styles in the working-class dance palaces of the city.
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