The taxi-dance hall : a sociological study in commercialized recreation and city life / by Paul G. Cressey.
A study of the commercial public dance institution in Chicago.
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Chicago, Ill : University of Chicago Press, 2008. |
| Series: | University of Chicago sociological series.
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Table of Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; Foreword By Jessie F. Binford; Introduction By Ernest W. Burgess; Author's Preface; PART I. THE TAXI-DANCE HALL: WHAT IT IS; I.A Night in the Taxi-Dance Hall; II. The Taxi-Dance Hall as a Type; PART II. THE TAXI-DANCER AND HER WORLD; 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; PART III. THE PATRON AND HIS PROBLEMS; VI. The Patron: Who He Is; Why He Comes; VII. The Filipino and the Taxi-Dance Hall; PART IV. THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ECOLOGYOF THE TAXI-DANCE HALL.