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The Devil's playground : a century of pleasure and profit in Times Square
- Title
- The Devil's playground : a century of pleasure and profit in Times Square / James Traub.
- Author
- Traub, James.
- Publication
- New York : Random House, ©2004.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IRGV 04-2618 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 313 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- A centenary tribute to Times Square traces how it became a center of popular culture and international world attention, from the celebrities and entertainment forms that began there, to its revitalization in the 1960s and 1970s, to the theater and marketing activities that prevail there today.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-298) and index.
- Contents
- The children of necessity -- The four hundred meet the four million -- Nothing but girls -- Sky signs -- "Buy 18 holes and sell all the water hazards!" -- The padlock revue -- "Come in and see the great flea circus" -- A world conquered by the motion picture -- The Pokerino freak show -- Seltzer, not orange juice -- Saving billboard hell -- Disney ex machina -- A mirror of America -- Young Hammerstein meets Darth Nader: a dialogue of the deaf in five acts -- Defining deviancy up -- Ask not for whom the animatronic T. Rex roars -- Plays "R" us -- The dursts have some very unusual properties -- A sign of things to come -- A la recherche des fried clams perdus -- All that is solid melts into air.
- Call Number
- IRGV 04-2618
- ISBN
- 9780375507885
- 0375507884
- 9780375759789
- 0375759786
- LCCN
- 2003061629
- OCLC
- 52858213
- Author
- Traub, James.
- Title
- The Devil's playground : a century of pleasure and profit in Times Square / James Traub.
- Imprint
- New York : Random House, ©2004.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-298) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IRGV 04-2618