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BL
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961777
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b716147
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| Main Entry
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Cressey, Paul Goalby.
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The taxi-dance hall : : a sociological study in commercialized recreation and city life /\ by Paul G. Cressey.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago, Ill :: University of Chicago Press,, 2008.
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| Series Statement
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University of Chicago sociological series
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1 online resource (xxii, 300 pages) :: maps
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| ISBN
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0226120511
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: 0226120546
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: 1281959464
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: 9780226120515
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: 9780226120546
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: 9781281959461
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: 9786611959463
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0226120511
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9780226120515
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| Notes
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Originally published: 1932.
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| Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; Foreword By Jessie F. Binford; Introduction By Ernest W. Burgess; Author's Preface; PART I. THE TAXI-DANCE HALL: WHAT IT IS; I.A Night in the Taxi-Dance Hall; II. The Taxi-Dance Hall as a Type; PART II. THE TAXI-DANCER AND HER WORLD; III. The Taxi-Dance Hall as a Social World; IV. The Family and Social Backgrounds of the Taxi-Dancer; V. The Life-Cycle of the Taxi-Dancer; PART III. THE PATRON AND HIS PROBLEMS; VI. The Patron: Who He Is; Why He Comes; VII. The Filipino and the Taxi-Dance Hall; PART IV. THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ECOLOGYOF THE TAXI-DANCE HALL.
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| Abstract
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A study of the commercial public dance institution in Chicago.
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Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)-- Illinois-- Chicago.
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Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
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PERFORMING ARTS-- Reference.
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Social conditions
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Chicago (Ill.), Social conditions.
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Illinois, Chicago.
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| Dewey Classification
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791.7
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| LC Classification
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PN1968.I3C74 2008eb
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