2002, ISBN: 9780813531380

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Kitchner, Ontario: Pandora Press, 1997 Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 9h x 5 1/2w. A real nice clean unmarked 103 page first edition softcover with 1 low in number line. Theology … Mehr…

Kitchner, Ontario: Pandora Press, 1997 Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 9h x 5 1/2w. A real nice clean unmarked 103 page first edition softcover with 1 low in number line. Theology and science is remarkably encouraging and shows how the warfare between the two has been both unnecessary and unproductive. she cuts through technical material and opens up the worlds of science and theology to the uninitiated.., Pandora Press, 1997, 5, 2002 beige hardcover & DJ in very good+ condition; minor wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center.At the beginning of the twentieth century, Coney Island was the uncontested epicenter of Americas emerging mass culture. It was the quintessential American resort: the birthplace of the amusement park, the hot dog, and the roller coaster. Its history is one of breathtaking transformation and re-invention. Celebrated for its glittering amusement parks and its enormous crowds, it was in times past a mecca of grand hotels, race tracks, beer gardens, gambling dens, concert saloons, and dance halls. A new mass culture began to take shape there. Its harshest critics decried it as Bedlam by the Sea, but others deemed it as a necessary outlet for the masses where the democratic spirit was granted free rein. 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: The Peoples Playground is the first new history of Coney Island in almost half a century, tracing its evolution and cultural impact as an amusement center from its earliest development as a seaside resort to the present day Mermaid Parade. Presented in a photo-documentary format featuring more than one hundred vintage photos, archival material, personal accounts, and contemporary sources, the book evokes the atmosphere of the resort as experienced by those who visited it during its heyday. Through the reminiscences of nineteenth and twentieth century writers, literary figures, and amusement historians, Michael Immerso traces Coney Islands remarkable evolution and subsequent decline, while at the same time examining the remarkable individuals and complex social forces that contributed to its rise and fall.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., Rutgers University Press, 2002, 3<

2002, ISBN: 9780813531380

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hyperion Press, 1997. Hyperion Press, 1997. Hard cover. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine., Hyperion Press, 1997, 5, 2002 beige hardcover & DJ in very good+ condition… Mehr…

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hyperion Press, 1997. Hyperion Press, 1997. Hard cover. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine., Hyperion Press, 1997, 5, 2002 beige hardcover & DJ in very good+ condition; minor wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center.At the beginning of the twentieth century, Coney Island was the uncontested epicenter of Americas emerging mass culture. It was the quintessential American resort: the birthplace of the amusement park, the hot dog, and the roller coaster. Its history is one of breathtaking transformation and re-invention. Celebrated for its glittering amusement parks and its enormous crowds, it was in times past a mecca of grand hotels, race tracks, beer gardens, gambling dens, concert saloons, and dance halls. A new mass culture began to take shape there. Its harshest critics decried it as Bedlam by the Sea, but others deemed it as a necessary outlet for the masses where the democratic spirit was granted free rein. 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: The Peoples Playground is the first new history of Coney Island in almost half a century, tracing its evolution and cultural impact as an amusement center from its earliest development as a seaside resort to the present day Mermaid Parade. Presented in a photo-documentary format featuring more than one hundred vintage photos, archival material, personal accounts, and contemporary sources, the book evokes the atmosphere of the resort as experienced by those who visited it during its heyday. Through the reminiscences of nineteenth and twentieth century writers, literary figures, and amusement historians, Michael Immerso traces Coney Islands remarkable evolution and subsequent decline, while at the same time examining the remarkable individuals and complex social forces that contributed to its rise and fall.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., Rutgers University Press, 2002, 3<

1969, ISBN: 9780813531380

McGraw-Hill, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition/DJ Good. 9x5x1. DJ has small closed tear and is price clipped. Unmarked clean pages., McGraw-Hill, 1969, 2.5