The Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York

By Robert W. Snyder

Book Overview

This entertaining and enlightening book depicts the rise of popular culture in America by brilliantly recapturing the essence and commercial trappings of one of its most vital forms of entertainment-the vaudeville show. "A fascinating and highly readable social history...Snyder brilliantly illuminates the way city culture was made and worked in the lives of people at the turn of the century."-Thomas Bender. With a new preface by the author.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566632986
• ISBN13: 9781566632980
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.7"