Author: United States. Outdoor Recreation Resources Review CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
ORRRC Study Report
Author: United States. Outdoor Recreation Resources Review CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
ORRRC Study Report. 1-27
Author: Proceedings of the 2006 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium
Author: Recreation
Author: The Problem of Leisure
Author: Henry DurantPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429655169
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
First published in 1938. This study examines various aspects of leisure in the early twentieth century. The author observes the differences in leisure between the various echelons of society, as well as the differences of leisure amongst children and adults. Durant also explores in depth several modes of leisure, including the cinema, sport, and gambling. This title will be of interest to students of history, sociology, and leisure studies.
Ink-Stained Hollywood
Author: Eric HoytPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520383699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- Remaking film journalism in the mid-1910s -- Trade papers at war -- The independent exhibitor's pal : localizing, specializing, and expanding the exhibitor paper -- Coastlander reading : the cultures and trade papers of 1920s Los Angeles -- Chicago takes New York : the consolidation of the nationals -- The great diffusion : Hollywood's reporters, exhibitor backlash, and Quigley's failed monopoly -- Epilogue.
Playing with God
Author: William J BakerPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674020448
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Like no other nation on earth, Americans eagerly blend their religion and sports. This book traces this dynamic relationship from the Puritan condemnation of games as sinful in the seventeenth century to the near deification of athletic contests in our own day.
Bulletin
Author: Bulletin
Author: Social Science Research Council (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
The Great Depression in America [2 volumes]
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Author: William H. YoungPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313088713
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 717
Book Description
Everything from Amos n' Andy to zeppelins is included in this expansive two volume encyclopedia of popular culture during the Great Depression era. Two hundred entries explore the entertainments, amusements, and people of the United States during the difficult years of the 1930s. In spite of, or perhaps because of, such dire financial conditions, the worlds of art, fashion, film, literature, radio, music, sports, and theater pushed forward. Conditions of the times were often mirrored in the popular culture with songs such as Brother Can You Spare a Dime, breadlines and soup kitchens, homelessness, and prohibition and repeal. Icons of the era such as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George and Ira Gershwin, Jean Harlow, Billie Holiday, the Marx Brothers, Roy Rogers, Frank Sinatra, and Shirley Temple entertained many. Dracula, Gone With the Wind, It Happened One Night, and Superman distracted others from their daily worries. Fads and games - chain letters, jigsaw puzzles, marathon dancing, miniature golf, Monopoly - amused some, while musicians often sang the blues. Nancy and William Young have written a work ideal for college and high school students as well as general readers looking for an overview of the popular culture of the 1930s. Art deco, big bands, Bonnie and Clyde, the Chicago's World Fair, Walt Disney, Duke Ellington, five-and-dimes, the Grand Ole Opry, the jitter-bug, Lindbergh kidnapping, Little Orphan Annie, the Olympics, operettas, quiz shows, Seabiscuit, vaudeville, westerns, and Your Hit Parade are just a sampling of the vast range of entries in this work. Reference features include an introductory essay providing an historical and cultural overview of the period, bibliography, and index.