About this title: What did young, independent women do for fun and how did they pay their way into New York City's turn-of-the-century pleasure places? "Cheap Amusements" is a fascinating discussion of young working women whose meager wages often fell short of bare subsistence and rarely allowed for entertainment expenses. Kathy Peiss follows working women into ...
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Normal wear-cover corners and edges slightly bent, page corners slightly bent, highlighting on pages 100% Money Back Guarantee. read more
Description: Acceptable. Writing inside front cover. Markings (underlining, etc. ) and highlighting inside book. ACCEPTABLE with noticeable wear to cover and pages. Binding intact. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Temple University Press
Date Published: 1986-04-06
ISBN-13:9780877225003ISBN:0877225001
Description: Good. Softcover in good condition. visible signs of wear from previous ownership, but still a very good reading copy. May have remainder mark, or a small amount of writing on the inside. read more
Description: Good. 0877225001 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
"The subtitle should not be read as if Working Women were the Cheap Amusements of Turn-of-the-Century New York. This book about how working women found amusements for what leisure time they had and how the purveyors of amusement changed to garner their business. Women were paid a lot less then men so they got men to spend money on them. They went to dances in clubs and then in public dance halls. Later with the reform movement some stayed in settlement houses. There was a difference between those women from immigrant communities and those whose families had been in America a long time, at least in the beginnings. But things changed."
"The subtitle should not be read as if Working Women were the Cheap Amusements of Turn-of-the-Century New York. This book about how working women found amusements for what leisure time they had and how the purveyors of amusement changed to garner their business. Women were paid a lot less then men so they got men to spend money on them. They went to dances in clubs and then in public dance halls. Later with the reform movement some stayed in settlement houses. There was a difference between those women from immigrant communities and those whose families had been in America a long time, at least in the beginnings. But things changed."
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