John F Kasson: 4 books
Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man
The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2002
A remarkable new work from one of our premier historians
In his exciting new book, John F. Kasson examines the signs of crisis in American life a century ago, signs that new forces of modernity were affecting men's sense of who and what they really were.
When the Prussian-born Eugene...
by John F. Kasson
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
"[An] elucidating cultural history of Hollywood’s most popular child star…a must-read." —Bill Desowitz, USA Today
For four consecutive years she was the world’s box-office champion. With her image appearing in periodicals and advertisements roughly twenty times daily, she...
Rudeness and Civility
Manners in Nineteenth-Century Urban America
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1991
With keen insight and subtle humor, John F. Kasson explores the history and politics of etiquette from America's colonial times through the nineteenth century. He describes the transformation of our notion of "gentility," once considered a birthright to some, and the development of etiquette...
Amusing the Million
Coney Island at the Turn of the Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Coney Island: the name still resonates with a sense of racy Brooklyn excitement, the echo of beach-front popular entertainment before World War I. Amusing the Million examines the historical context in which Coney Island made its reputation as an amusement park and shows how America's changing social...