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Satan in the dance hall : Rev. John Roach Straton, social dancing, and morality in 1920s New York City /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giordano, Ralph G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Ballroom dancing > New York (State) > New York > History.
Dance halls > New York (State) > New York > History.
Straton, John Roach, > 1875-1929.
United States > Social conditions > 1918-1932.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The war, the flu, and New York City
  • Dr. Straton tells of buying drinks
  • The dance of death and Satan's circus
  • The dance masters respond to issues of morality
  • Flappers and the dance of life
  • The devil's music and the Scopes trial
  • Searching for Satan in the dance hall
  • Fighting the devil in modern Babylon
  • Eulogy for the last dragon slayer.