Steppin' out : New York nightlife and the transformation of American culture, 1890-1930 /
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| Author / Creator: | Erenberg, Lewis A., 1944- |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1984, c1981. |
| Description: | xix, 291 p. : 18 ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/634932 |
Table of Contents:
- Illustrations and Table
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1. A Victorian World
- 1. Victorian Culture and Amusements
- Part 2. Breaking the Bonds
- 2. After the Ball: Hotels and Lobster Palaces, 1893-1912
- 3. Women Out of Control: Critics of the New Amusements
- Part 3. The Cabaret and the Decline of Formalism
- 4. Action Environment: The Informal Structure of the Cabaret
- 5. Everybody's Doin' It: Irene and Vernon Castle and the Pre-World War I Dance Craze
- 6. Some of These Days: Sophie Tucker, the Friendly Entertainer
- 7. Broadway Babies: Glorifying the American Girl, 1915-1922
- Part 4. The Fragmentation and Flowering of American Culture
- 8. Into the Jazz Age Bibliographical Essay
- Name Index
- Index of Cabarets, Hotels and Theatres
- Subject Index