{"product_id":"amusing-the-million-coney-island-at-the-turn-of-the-century-9780809001330","title":"Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eConey Island: the name still resonates with a sense of racy Brooklyn excitement, the echo of beach-front popular entertainment before World War I. \u003ci\u003eAmusing the Million\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-178423\"\u003eJohn F. Kasson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hill \u0026amp; Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.80w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809001330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809001330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036080\"\u003eUnited States | State \u0026amp; Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn F. Kasson\u003c\/b\u003e, who teaches history and American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the author of\u003ci\u003e Houdini, Tarzan and the Perfect Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Amusing the Million\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Rudeness and Civility\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCivilizing the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hill \u0026 Wang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684062761197,"sku":"9780809001330","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b491b969-c5e6-4737-b93c-c3354afc23a3.jpg?v=1649751197","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/amusing-the-million-coney-island-at-the-turn-of-the-century-9780809001330","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}