Young To Be Free [signed]

In her beautifully written, meticulously documented, and precisely argued study, (the author) describes in detail how young working women spent their free time and money. Cheap Amusements takes us beyond the flat stereotypes of 19th century poor and laboring women...Peiss extensive research provides us with a wealth of details about amusement parks, early silent movies plots, and dance styles in the working-class dance palaces of the city.