Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century

Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century (American Century)

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, John Kasson shows Coney Island no longer as the object of nostalgia but as a harbinger of modernity--and the many photographs, lithographs, engravings, and other reproductions with which he amplifies his text support this lively thesis.
Country USA
Brand Hill and Wang
Manufacturer Hill and Wang
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780809001330
ReleaseDate 1978-08-01
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780809001330

Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century (American Century)