With amusement for all : a history of American popular culture since 1830 / LeRoy Ashby.
| Author/creator | Ashby, LeRoy, 1938- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2006. |
| Description | xi, 648 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Prologue : popular culture on the brink -- Blackface, Barnum, and newspaper ballyhoo -- Taming rough amusements, 1840s-1860s -- Building an entertainment industry -- "The billion-dollar smile" : from burlesque to vaudeville and amusement parks -- The "leisure problem" at the turn of the century -- Popular culture and middle-class respectability in the early twentieth century -- Battling the Great Depression -- Building a wartime consensus in the 1940s and 1950s -- Counterpoints to consensus -- Popular culture and 1960s ferment -- Up for grabs : leaving the 1960s -- A pop culture society -- Epilogue : pop culture in a post-9/11 world. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [587]-612) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006002558 |
| ISBN | 0813123976 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780813123974 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E169.1 .A8525 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |