Chicago Entertainment: Between the Wars, 1919-1939 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781531614720)

Chicago has historically been a place of great energy and a showcase of modernity. Determined to wash away the recent memories of World War I, Chicagoans in the 1920s and into the 1930s set out to enjoy themselves, creating a Golden Age of popular entertainment envied throughout the world. Chicago Entertainment Between the Wars, 1919-1939 explores in detail the various old and new playing fields of entertainment that blossomed during this time period, such as dance halls, radio studios, rodeos, theaters, public mechanical musical machines, and movie palaces.

Author: Jim Edwards,Wynette Edwards
ISBN-10: 1531614728
ISBN-13: 9781531614720
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2003
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d