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Slumming : sexual and racial encounters in American nightlife, 1885-1940 /

The indelible public image of slumming is of limousines pullng up in Prohibition era Harlem, full of rich whites looking for great jazz and a good time; but Chad Heap reveals that the reality was far more widespread that this, and takes us from slumming as 'fashionable dissipation' in 1880...

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Main Author: Heap, Chad C., 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Series:Historical studies of urban America.
Subjects:
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social life and customs.
Slums > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History.
Slums > Social aspects > Illinois > Chicago > History.
City and town life > New York (State) > New York > History.
City and town life > Illinois > Chicago > History.
New York (N.Y.) > Race relations.
Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations.
Sex customs > New York (State) > New York > History.
Sex customs > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Nachtleben.
Chicago <Ill.>.
New York <NY>.
City and town life.
Manners and customs.
Race relations.
Sex customs.
Slums > Social aspects.
Illinois > Chicago.
New York (State) > New York.
History.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Summary:The indelible public image of slumming is of limousines pullng up in Prohibition era Harlem, full of rich whites looking for great jazz and a good time; but Chad Heap reveals that the reality was far more widespread that this, and takes us from slumming as 'fashionable dissipation' in 1880s New York to gay nightclubs in 1930s Chicago.
Physical Description:xii, 420 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-389) and index.
ISBN:9780226322438 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226322432 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226322445 (pbk.)
0226322440 (pbk.)