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Dance Marathons: Performing American Culture of the 1920s and 1930s
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Dance Marathons: Performing American Culture of the 1920s and 1930s

by Carol Martin. 182 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Carol Martin

Publisher:

   University Press of Mississippi

Place of Publication:

  Jackson, MS  

Publication Year:

  1994
Subjects:   Dance Marathons--United States--History, Dance Marathons--Social Aspects--United States, United States--Social Life And Customs--1918-1945
Table of contents
Contents
Illustrations ix
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
1. COMMON HEROES 3
2. THE DANCE DERBY OF THE CENTURY 22
3. FOR NO GOOD REASON 40
4. PRIVATE FANTASY AND PUBLIC AMBIVALENCE 68
5. HAL J. ROSS: Cunning, Smart, and Slick 87
6. THE NATIONAL ENDURANCE AMUSEMENT ASSOCIATION 111
7. UNNEGOTIABLE REALITIES 129
Appendix 147
Notes 161
Sources 171
Index 177
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