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Format: XXI, 300 S.

Edition: [Nachdr. der Ausg.] Chicago, 1932

ISBN: 0415279755

Series Statement: The early sociology of culture Vol. 2

Language: English

Subjects: Sociology

Keywords: USA ; Talkshow ; Abweichendes Sexualverhalten

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Format: 300 S. : Kt.

Edition: 1. AMS ed., reprinted from the ed. of 1932: Chicago

ISBN: 0-404-01839-4

Language: English

Subjects: Sociology

Keywords: Talkshow ; Abweichendes Sexualverhalten

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Format: xxii, 300 p. : , fold. maps.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Series Statement: University of Chicago sociological series

Note: Originally published: 1932.

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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Format: 1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-281-95946-4 , 9786611959463 , 0-226-12054-6

Series Statement: University of Chicago sociological series

Content: First published in 1932, The Taxi-Dance Hall is Paul Goalby Cressey's fascinating study of Chicago's urban nightlife-as seen through the eyes of the patrons, owners, and dancers-for-hire who frequented the city's notoriously seedy "taxi-dance" halls. Taxi-dance halls, as the introduction notes, were social centers where men could come and pay to dance with "a bevy of pretty, vivacious, and often mercenary" women. Ten cents per dance was the usual fee, with half the proceeds going to the dancer and the other half to the owner of the taxi-hall. Cressey's study includes detailed maps of the taxi-dance districts, illuminating interviews with dancers, patrons, and owners, and vivid analyses of local attempts to reform the taxi-dance hall and its attendees. Cressey's study reveals these halls to be the distinctive urban consequence of tensions between a young, diverse, and economically independent population at odds with the restrictive regulations of Prohibition America. Thick with sexual vice, ethnic clashes, and powerful undercurrents of class, The Taxi-Dance Hall is a landmark example of Chicago sociology, perfect for scholars and history buffs alike.

Note: Originally published: 1932. , Frontmatter -- , TABLE OF CONTENTS -- , FOREWORD -- , INTRODUCTION -- , AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- , I. A Night in the Taxi-Dance Hall -- , II. The Taxi-Dance Hall as a Type -- , III. The Taxi-Dance Hall as a Social World -- , IV. The Family and Social Backgrounds of the Taxi- Dancer -- , V. The Life-Cycle of the Taxi-Dancer -- , VI. The Patron: Who He Is; Why He Comes -- , VII. The Filipino and the Taxi-Dance Hall -- , VIII. The Origins of the Taxi-Dance Hall -- , IX. The Taxi-Dance Hall Meets the Public -- , X. Competition, Conflict, and Specialization among Taxi-Dance Halls -- , XI. The Location of the Taxi-Dance Hall -- , XII. Personal Demoralization -- , XIII. The Taxi-Dance Hall and Social Reform -- , INDEX , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-226-12051-1

Language: English

DOI: 10.7208/9780226120546