Slumming : sexual and racial encounters in American nightlife, 1885-1940 /

The indelible public image of slumming is of limousines pullng up in Prohibition era Harlem, full of rich whites looking for great jazz and a good time; but Chad Heap reveals that the reality was far more widespread that this, and takes us from slumming as 'fashionable dissipation' in 1880...

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Main Author:	Heap, Chad C., 1967-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Series:	Historical studies of urban America.
Subjects:	Slums > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History. Slums > Social aspects > Illinois > Chicago > History. City and town life > New York (State) > New York > History. City and town life > Illinois > Chicago > History. Sex customs > New York (State) > New York > History. Sex customs > Illinois > Chicago > History. Nachtleben. City and town life. Manners and customs. Race relations. Sex customs. Slums > Social aspects. New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs. Chicago (Ill.) > Social life and customs. New York (N.Y.) > Race relations. Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations. Chicago <Ill.>. New York <NY>. Illinois > Chicago. New York (State) > New York. History.
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