First resorts : pursuing pleasure at Saratoga Springs, Newport, and Coney Island /
Основен автор: | Sterngass, Jon. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Baltimore, Md. :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2001.
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First resorts. |
Съдържание:
- Transforming resorts
- The creation of Saratoga Springs: taking the city with us
- The revival of Newport: the pilgrimage of fashion
- The rise of Coney Island: strangers in the land of the perpetual fete
- The public resort: to see and be seen
- The commercialization of Saratoga Springs: racetracks, casinos, and souvenirs
- The privitization of Newport: "coarseness and vulgarity are never seen here"
- "That was Coney as we loved it, and as the hand of Satan was upon it"
- The pursuit of privacy, profit, and pleasure.