With Amusement for All : A History of

"With Amusement for All contextualizes what Americans have done for fun since 1830, showing the reciprocal nature of the relationships among social, political, economic, and cultural forces and the ways in which the entertainment world has reflected, changed, or reinforced the values of American society."--BOOK JACKET.

Preface	p. vii
Prologue: Popular Culture on the Brink	p. 1
Blackface, Barnum, and Newspaper Ballyhoo	p. 11
Taming Rough Amusements, 1840s-1860s	p. 41
Building an Entertainment Industry	p. 73
"The Billion-Dollar Smile": From Burlesque to Vaudeville and Amusement Parks	p. 107
The "Leisure Problem" at the Turn of the Century	p. 143
Popular Culture and Middle-Class Respectability in the Early Twentieth Century	p. 176
Battling the Great Depression	p. 219
Building a Wartime Consensus in the 1940s and 1950s	p. 263
Counterpoints to Consensus	p. 302
Popular Culture and 1960s Ferment	p. 348
Up for Grabs: Leaving the 1960s	p. 394
A Pop Culture Society	p. 441
Epilogue: Pop Culture in a Post-9/11 World	p. 495
Notes	p. 518
Bibliography	p. 587
Index	p. 613
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With Amusement for All : A History of American Popular Culture Since 1830

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