With Amusement for All: A History of American Popular Culture since 1830

Contents

conT~nTs Introduction to the Paperback Edition vu Preface xxxv Prologue: Popular Culture on the Brink 1 1. Blackface, Barnum, and Newspaper Ballyhoo 11 2. Taming Rough Amusements, 1840s-1860s 41 3. Building an Entertainment Industry 73 4. "The Billion-Dollar Smile": From Burlesque to Vaudeville and Amusement Parks 107 5. The "Leisure Problem" at the Turn of the Century 143 6. Popular Culture and Middle-Class Respectability in the Early Twentieth Century 176 7. Battling the Great Depression 219 8. Building a Wartime Consensus in the 1940s and 1950s 263 9. Counterpoints to Consensus 302 10. Popular Culture and 1960s Ferment 348 11. Up for Grabs: Leaving the 1960s 394 12. A Pop Culture Society 441 Epilogue: Pop Culture in a Post-9/11 World . 495 Notes 518 Bibliography 587 Index 613 Illustrations follow page 296 ...