Ivan R. Dee
Pages: 244
Trim: 5½ x 7¾
978-1-56663-298-0 • Paperback • February 2000 • $18.95 • (£14.99)
Robert W. Snyder, a former newspaper reporter, has taught at Princeton and at New York University and is now an associate of the Media Studies Center in New York.
For anyone interested in American entertainment and popular culture, this pioneering history is not only 'must reading' but, like its subject, plenty of fun.
— Kathy Peiss
The most authoritative book on American vaudeville...a remarkably good read, filled with colorful details and incisive commentary on American popular culture.
— David Nasaw
A fascinating and highly readable social history.
— Thomas Bender, New York University
Social history at its most entertaining