{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-celebrity-fred-inglis-9780691135625","title":"A Short History of Celebrity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA history of celebrity from Byron to Beckham\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLove it or hate it, celebrity is one of the dominant features of modern life--and one of the least understood. Fred Inglis sets out to correct this problem in this entertaining and enlightening social history of modern celebrity, from eighteenth-century London to today's Hollywood. Vividly written and brimming with fascinating stories of figures whose lives mark important moments in the history of celebrity, this book explains how fame has changed over the past two-and-a-half centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStarting with the first modern celebrities in mid-eighteenth-century London, including Samuel Johnson and the Prince Regent, the book traces the changing nature of celebrity and celebrities through the age of the Romantic hero, the European fin de si cle, and the Gilded Age in New York and Chicago. In the twentieth century, the book covers the Jazz Age, the rise of political celebrities such as Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin, and the democratization of celebrity in the postwar decades, as actors, rock stars, and sports heroes became the leading celebrities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArguing that celebrity is a mirror reflecting some of the worst as well as some of the best aspects of modern history itself, Inglis considers how the lives of the rich and famous provide not only entertainment but also social cohesion and, like morality plays, examples of what--and what not--to do. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book will interest anyone who is curious about the history that lies behind one of the great preoccupations of our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fred Inglis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691135622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691135625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.46w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2010 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/20\/2010 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2010","brand":"Fred Inglis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059477901567,"sku":"9780691135625","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f75cd0a9-5e3b-48cb-bac6-58bc5d8f3f16.jpg?v=1685058467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-short-history-of-celebrity-fred-inglis-9780691135625","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}