Mark D. Steinberg is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, USA. He is the author of several books, including A History of Russia (9th Ed., 2018; co-authored with Nicholas V. Riasanovsky), The Russian Revolution, 1905-1921 (2017) and Petersburg Fin de Siècle (2011). His books have been translated into Portuguese, Japanese and Russian. He is also the co-editor of volumes such as Interpreting Emotions in Russia and Eastern Europe (2011; with Valeria Sobol) and Religion, Morality, and Community in Post-Soviet Societies (2008; with Catherine Wanner).

Steinberg’s book offers a lively insight into the street corner as the unruly centre of urban life in three ill-reputed cities of the interwar years. It is fascinating to read how urban reportage, driven by curiosity and shocked by so much diversity, created a discourse on morals and orderly behaviour.

• Introduction: ‘Crooked’ and ‘Straight’ Paths through the CityPart 1 - Naked City, New YorkPreface: Orientations1. Prowling the City for Sin: The Detective and the Journalist2. ‘Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do’3. Disgraceful Dancing4. Harlem Black and White: Calls of FreedomPart 2 - ‘Odessa-Mama’Preface: Orientations5. Streetcorner Stories6. Underworlds and Counterworlds 7. Hooligans8. Dangerous PleasuresPart 3 - Bombay: Colonial and InsurgentPreface: Orientations9. Street Stories10. Bad Characters11. ‘Gay and Tawdry’: The Night Side12. Sex for SaleConclusionSelect BibliographyIndex

Mark D. Steinberg is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, USA. He is the author of several books, including A History of Russia (9th Ed., 2018; co-authored with Nicholas V. Riasanovsky), The Russian Revolution, 1905-1921 (2017) and Petersburg Fin de Siècle (2011). His books have been translated into Portuguese, Japanese and Russian. He is also the co-editor of volumes such as Interpreting Emotions in Russia and Eastern Europe (2011; with Valeria Sobol) and Religion, Morality, and Community in Post-Soviet Societies (2008; with Catherine Wanner).

Steinberg’s book offers a lively insight into the street corner as the unruly centre of urban life in three ill-reputed cities of the interwar years. It is fascinating to read how urban reportage, driven by curiosity and shocked by so much diversity, created a discourse on morals and orderly behaviour.

• Introduction: ‘Crooked’ and ‘Straight’ Paths through the CityPart 1 - Naked City, New YorkPreface: Orientations1. Prowling the City for Sin: The Detective and the Journalist2. ‘Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do’3. Disgraceful Dancing4. Harlem Black and White: Calls of FreedomPart 2 - ‘Odessa-Mama’Preface: Orientations5. Streetcorner Stories6. Underworlds and Counterworlds 7. Hooligans8. Dangerous PleasuresPart 3 - Bombay: Colonial and InsurgentPreface: Orientations9. Street Stories10. Bad Characters11. ‘Gay and Tawdry’: The Night Side12. Sex for SaleConclusionSelect BibliographyIndex

Mark D. Steinberg is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, USA. He is the author of several books, including A History of Russia (9th Ed., 2018; co-authored with Nicholas V. Riasanovsky), The Russian Revolution, 1905-1921 (2017) and Petersburg Fin de Siècle (2011). His books have been translated into Portuguese, Japanese and Russian. He is also the co-editor of volumes such as Interpreting Emotions in Russia and Eastern Europe (2011; with Valeria Sobol) and Religion, Morality, and Community in Post-Soviet Societies (2008; with Catherine Wanner).

Steinberg’s book offers a lively insight into the street corner as the unruly centre of urban life in three ill-reputed cities of the interwar years. It is fascinating to read how urban reportage, driven by curiosity and shocked by so much diversity, created a discourse on morals and orderly behaviour.

• Introduction: ‘Crooked’ and ‘Straight’ Paths through the CityPart 1 - Naked City, New YorkPreface: Orientations1. Prowling the City for Sin: The Detective and the Journalist2. ‘Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do’3. Disgraceful Dancing4. Harlem Black and White: Calls of FreedomPart 2 - ‘Odessa-Mama’Preface: Orientations5. Streetcorner Stories6. Underworlds and Counterworlds 7. Hooligans8. Dangerous PleasuresPart 3 - Bombay: Colonial and InsurgentPreface: Orientations9. Street Stories10. Bad Characters11. ‘Gay and Tawdry’: The Night Side12. Sex for SaleConclusionSelect BibliographyIndex