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Michael ImmersoPublication Details
BookRutgers University Press2002Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OVERSIZE (UPPER) F129.C75 I46 2002 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Despite its precipitous decline, Coney Island remains a metaphor for the American amusement industry and the hundreds of honky-tonk resorts and amusement parks it has spawned. Coney Island is not merely a documentary of the amusement industry or the story of a fabled amusement park, but rather a narrative of the way Americans, and particularly immigrants and urban Americans, came to regard the pursuit of leisure as part of their national birthright. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- Middle class — New York (State) — New York — Social life and customs
- Working class — New York (State) — New York — Social life and customs
- Amusement parks — New York (State) — New York — History
- Resorts — New York (State) — New York — History
- Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) — History
- New York (N.Y.) — History
- New York (N.Y.) — Social life and customs
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Contents
- Coney (1824-1875)
- The American Brighton (1876-1883)
- The Elephant Colossus (1884-1902)
- Baghdad by the sea (1903-1911)
- Seaside baroque (carousels, coasters, and amusements)
- Honky-tonk (cafes, dance dives, and concert halls)
- The Nickel Empire (1920-1933)
- Empire of the body (1934-1964)
- The mermaid parade (1965-2001)
ISBN
- 0813531381
- 9780813531380
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