New York Cafe Society: The Elite Meet to See and Be Seen, 1920s-1940s - Anthony Young - Libros - McFarland & Co Inc - 9780786474370 - 1 de junio de 2015
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"In the Great Depression, an elite group of New Yorkers lived unaffected by the economic calamity. They were writers, playwrights, journalists, artists, composers, singers, actors, adventurers and socialites. Newspaperman Maury Paul dubbed them the Cafae Society. This book describes the emergence of Cafae Society from New York's old society families, and the rise of the new creative class"--


Marc Notes: In the midst of the Great Depression, an elite group of New Yorkers lived seemingly unaffected by the economic calamity. They were writers, playwrights, journalists, artists, composers, singers, actors, adventurers, and socialites. Newspaperman Maury Paul dubbed them the 'Cafe Society'. This book describes the emergence of 'Cafe Society' from New York's old society families, and the rise of the new creative class. Publisher Marketing: In the midst of the Great Depression, an elite group of New Yorkers lived seemingly unaffected by the economic calamity. They were writers, playwrights, journalists, artists, composers, singers, actors, adventurers and socialites. Newspaperman Maury Paul dubbed them the Cafe Society. It was the time of Prohibition, speakeasies and exclusive nightclubs for the smart set to see and be seen. Their lives were the stuff of newspaper columns and magazine articles, eagerly read by millions of Americans wanting to forget the Depression. This book describes the emergence of Cafe Society from New York's old society families, and the rise of the new creative class.

Contributor Bio:  Young, Anthony Anthony Young was for nine years a Principal Scientist with the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya. He was previously Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Science. He was a joint author of the FAO standard texts on land evaluation and land use planning. Besides these, his other books include "Soil Survey and Land Evaluation" (1981) and "Land Resources: Now and for the Future" (1998). He is now Honorary Research Fellow in Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia.

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Publicado 1 de junio de 2015
ISBN13 9780786474370
Editores McFarland & Co Inc
Páginas 220
Dimensiones 152 × 229 × 11 mm   ·   308 g
Lengua Inglés  

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