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Anti-Rock
The Opposition To Rock 'n' Roll
Av Kerry Segrave, Linda Martin
Häftad, 1993
218 kr
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Rock is a music of rebellion against authority, and has consequently frightened and outraged people throughout its forty-year history. Anti-Rock is the first book to detail the objections of rock's detractors. Critics from parents to religious groups, industry executives to scientists, government …
Shoplifting
A Social History
Häftad, 2001
373 kr
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Shoplifting is a practice that has been engaged in for centuries, but it was only after the Civil War that the prevalence of shoplifting and societal awareness of it, became significant. In the 1860s the typical shoplifter was from the lower classes; by 1900 it was an upper-class woman who …
Age Discrimination by Employers
Häftad, 2001
487 kr
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In 1907, the editor of The New York Times wrote, "Employers, naturally, look to the young. A man or woman of advanced years is too apt to be given to old-fashioned ways of doing things, and open to suspicion of having the unforgivable fault, in modern business, of slowness." Age discrimination has …
Jukeboxes
An American Social History
Häftad, 2002
384 kr
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This work traces the history of the jukebox from its origins in the invention of the phonograph by Thomas Alva Edison in the 1880s up to its relative modern obscurity. The jukebox's first twenty years were essentially experimental because of the low technical quality and other limitations. It then …
Vending Machines
An American Social History
Häftad, 2002
384 kr
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Although the 1880s are considered the beginning of the vending machine era, these devices have existed for a couple of thousand years. The earliest reference to a vending machine was made by Hero--a Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer who probably lived in Alexandria during the first …
Piracy in the Motion Picture Industry
Häftad, 2003
491 kr
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Film piracy began almost immediately after the birth of the film industry. Initially it was a within-the-industry phenomenon as studios stole from each other. As the industry grew and more money was involved, outsiders became more interested in piracy. Stolen material made its way offshore since …
Lie Detectors
A Social History
Häftad, 2003
384 kr
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The polygraph, most commonly known as the lie detector, was created and refined by academics in university settings with support from a few early police agencies. This work is a history of the machine, from the experimental work of the late 1800s that led directly to its creation, until the …
Foreign Films in America
A History
Häftad, 2004
517 kr
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Foreign films once enjoyed a position of prominence on American theater screens. By the start of World War I, however, the United States' film industry was strong enough to challenge that foreign presence and foreign films in America have been insignificant ever since. For about a century, the …
Product Placement in Hollywood Films
A History
Häftad, 2004
502 kr
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This is the history of advertising in motion pictures from the slide ads of the 1890s to the common practice of product placement in the present. Initially, product placement was seen as a somewhat sleazy practice and also faced opposition from the film industry itself; it has grown dramatically in …
Endorsements in Advertising
A Social History
Häftad, 2005
502 kr
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The use of endorsements and testimonials to sell anything imaginable is a modern development, though the technique is centuries old. Before World War I, endorsement ads were tied to patent medicine, and were left with a bad reputation when that industry was exposed as quackery. The reputation was …
Women and Smoking in America, 1880-1950
Häftad, 2005
502 kr
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During the last 20 years of the 19th century, cigarette smoking was transformed from a lower-class habit to a favored form of tobacco use for men and practically the only form available to women. The trend continued to grow through the 1950s, when smoking was a significant part of America's social …
Suntanning in 20th Century America
Häftad, 2005
487 kr
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The suntan experienced a profound change in the last century. Considered a mark of the lower class for hundreds of years, tanning became a fad in the early 1920s and remains popular today. The tan, though, was much more than a matter of fashion,enjoying at first a boost from the medical …
America on Foot
Walking and Pedestrianism in the 20th Century
Häftad, 2006
396 kr
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Hippocrates, one of history's earliest known physicians, once asserted, ""Walking is man's best medicine."" Over the last three centuries, people have endorsed walking for a variety of reasons--health among them. Before the 1700s, people walked as an essential part of their lifestyle. With the …
Drive-in Theaters
A History from Their Inception in 1933
Häftad, 2006
373 kr
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A primarily American institution (though it appeared in other countries such as Japan and Italy), the drive-in theater now sits on the verge of extinction. During its heyday, drive-ins could be found in communities both large and small. Some of the larger theaters held up to 3,000 cars and were …
Ticket Scalping
An American History, 1850-2005
Häftad, 2006
502 kr
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Ticket scalping is as much an American staple as apple pie. Beginning as early as the mid-1800s, scalpers, known as "sidewalk men," were charging all the traffic would bear for event tickets. Although these speculators were generally viewed as pariahs and public opinion was against the practice, …
Women Swindlers in America, 1860-1920
Häftad, 2007
573 kr
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Although female lawbreakers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were rarely considered dangerous criminals, there are many records of women participating in non-violent crimes including shoplifting, prostitution, and fraud. This work studies frauds and swindles perpetrated by women during …
Actors Organize
A History of Union Formation Efforts in America, 1880-1919
Häftad, 2007
502 kr
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This work offers a detailed history of American actors' attempts to unionize in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Actors' unions of this period faced a staggering amount of struggles, including a heavy industry reliance on the blacklist, severe media attacks on individual actors, …
Women and Capital Punishment in America, 1840-1899
Death Sentences and Executions in the United States and Canada
Häftad, 2008
502 kr
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Perhaps the single medium in which women have been consistently treated as equal to men is the American judicial system. Although the system has met with enormous public condemnation, equality under the law has justified the legal execution of nearly six hundred American women since 1632.This book …
Baldness
A Social History
Häftad, 2008
384 kr
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Each year, men spend an enormous amount of time and money searching for a cure to male pattern baldness. Numerous psychological assessments indicate that the reasons behind their futile efforts are sound: attitudes toward bald men are overwhelmingly negative.From the first torturous attempts at …
Movies at Home
How Hollywood Came to Television
Häftad, 2009
396 kr
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The relationship of Hollywood and television, initially turbulent, has ultimately been profitable from the first sally in what was expected to be a war of attrition, up through the soliciting of movies by major networks, independent stations, basic cable networks, premium cable channels, …
Obesity in America, 1850-1939
A History of Social Attitudes and Treatment
Häftad, 2008
502 kr
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This is a study of obesity in America from 1850 to 1939, concentrating on how the condition was viewed, studied, and treated. It examines the images and stereotypes that were associated with fatness, the various remedies that were proposed for the condition, and the often bizarre theories used to …
Tipping
An American Social History of Gratuities
Häftad, 2009
435 kr
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Though the history of tipping can be traced to the Middle Ages, the practice did not become widespread until the late 19th century. Initially, Americans reviled the custom, branding it un-American and undemocratic. The opposition gradually faded and tipping became an American institution. From its …
Film Actors Organize
Union Formation Efforts in America, 1912-1937
Häftad, 2009
517 kr
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The transition from stage to screen was not only a shift in popular entertainment, but a challenge for those working in the industry as well. This book looks at all the attempts to organize film actors into a union, starting in 1912 when the Actors' Equity Association seemed the best platform for …
Parricide in the United States, 1840-1899
Häftad, 2009
373 kr
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The case of Lizzy Borden stands out in the history of sensational criminal cases, but she was not the only person to be accused of killing her parents. Historically, about two percent of all murders are parricides.This book examines 103 selected cases of individuals charged with parricide--the …
America Brushes Up
The Use and Marketing of Toothpaste and Toothbrushes in the Twentieth Century
Häftad, 2010
384 kr
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This excursion into American cultural history looks at the toothpaste and toothbrush industries from 1900 to 2008. During these years, America moved from cleaning their teeth mostly with homemade powders to using an enormous array of brands, often applied with an electric toothbrush. From early …
Lynchings of Women in the United States
The Recorded Cases, 1851-1946
Häftad, 2010
267 kr
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Between 1850 and 1950, at least 115 women were lynched by mobs in the United States. The majority of these women were black. This book examines the phenomenon of the lynching of women, a much more rare occurence than the lynching of men. Over the same hundred year period covered in this text, more …
Vision Aids in America
A Social History of Eyewear and Sight Correction Since 1900
Häftad, 2011
384 kr
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This text examines the eyewear industry in America from 1900 to 2008, a period which mirrors an increased demand for eyewear. Eyeglasses, sunglasses and contacts are discussed. Topics covered include the marketing and selling of eyewear with particular attention paid to advertising strategies and …
Begging in America, 1850-1940
The Needy, the Frauds, the Charities and the Law
Häftad, 2011
601 kr
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The poverty that drives people to begging has been a pressing social issue in the United States since the beginning. This historical work explores begging1and beggars in the period 1850 to 1940, with emphasis on how the police, the courts, the media and private charity organizations dealt with …
Parking Cars in America, 1910-1945
A History
Häftad, 2012
396 kr
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With its decentralized urban areas, pollution, and mostly inadequate public transit systems, America pays a heavy price for its dependency on cars. This volume explores one of the more pressing aspects of the problem--storage--from 1910 to the end of World War II, contrasting the reality and …
Extras of Early Hollywood
A History of the Crowd, 1913-1945
Häftad, 2013
517 kr
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Pity the "extras." Mostly overlooked and forgotten. Especially those in the major Hollywood films 1913 to 1945--right through the dream factory's golden era. The struggles of extras to unionize were followed by internal struggles as the extras fought for a voice within that union. There were just …
