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The Gay Nineties in America: A Cultural Dictionary of the 1890s
By Robert L. Gale
492 pages
- Contributors:
- Publisher:
- Greenwood Press
- Place of publication:
- Westport, CT
- Publication year:
- 1992
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Synopsis
Whether for browsing or research, readers will reap rewards from this entertaining and enlightening compendium of the persons, events, institutions, and ideas of the era. Gale focuses on writers and their works, but also represented in the 500 entries are painters and politicians, social workers and industrialists, composers and inventors, explorers and evangelists; topics like crime, immigration, medicine, motion pictures, sports, and universities; and landmark events like the Panic of 1893, the ...
Whether for browsing or research, readers will reap rewards from this entertaining and enlightening compendium of the persons, events, institutions, and ideas of the era. Gale focuses on writers and their works, but also represented in the 500 entries are painters and politicians, social workers and industrialists, composers and inventors, explorers and evangelists; topics like crime, immigration, medicine, motion pictures, sports, and universities; and landmark events like the Panic of 1893, the Spanish-American War, and the World's Columbian Exposition. Fully cross-referenced and indexed, the dictionary also includes a chronology and a bibliography.
Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- NOTE xi
- CHRONOLOGY xiii
- LIST OF ENTRIES xix
- A 1
- B 23
- C 45
- D 89
- E 109
- F 119
- G 141
- H 159
- I 193
- J 197
- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- NOTE xi
- CHRONOLOGY xiii
- LIST OF ENTRIES xix
- A 1
- B 23
- C 45
- D 89
- E 109
- F 119
- G 141
- H 159
- I 193
- J 197
- K 209
- L 213
- M 227
- N 255
- O 263
- P 269
- R 293
- S 315
- T 353
- U 373
- V 379
- W 383
- Y 409
- A NINETIES BIBLIOGRAPHY 413
- CLASSIFIED APPENDIX: BIOGRAPHICAL ENTRIES IN KEY OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES 423
- INDEX 429
- About the Author 459
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