New York Cafe Society: The Elite Meet to See and Be Seen, 1920s-1940s
Author:   Anthony Young
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9780786474370


Pages:   220
Publication Date:   01 June 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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New York Cafe Society: The Elite Meet to See and Be Seen, 1920s-1940s


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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 who wanted 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.

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Author:   Anthony Young
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.308kg
ISBN:  

9780786474370


ISBN 10:   0786474378
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   01 June 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Ward McAllister, Caroline Astor and the 400 2. Prohibition, the Speakeasies and Nightclubs of the 1920s 3. The Cult of Personality 4. Café Society’s Writers, Journalists, Editors and Playwrights 5. Boom and Bust: Music, Skyscrapers and Wall Street in the 1920s 6. Effect of the Great Depression on New York Society and Café Society 7. This New York: Maury Paul, Lucius Beebe and Walter Winchell 8. The Colony, the Plaza, the Rainbow Room and the Waldorf 9. Jack and Charlie’s 21 Club 10. The Stork Club 11. El Morocco 12. Café Society Fades Away Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Anthony Young has published books on transportation, aerospace and social history. He lives in Tennessee.

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