Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York by Kathy Peiss

Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York

Kathy Peiss

288 pages first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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What did young, independent women do for fun and how did they pay their way into New York City's turn-of-the-century pleasure places? Cheap Amusements is a fascinating discussion of young working women whose meager wages often fell short of bare s...

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