{"product_id":"the-taxi-dance-hall-a-sociological-study-in-commercialized-recreation-and-city-life-paperback","title":"The Taxi-Dance Hall: A Sociological Study in Commercialized Recreation and City Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Goalby Cressey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1932, \u003ci\u003eThe Taxi-Dance Hall\u003c\/i\u003e is Paul Goalby Cressey's fascinating study of Chicago's urban nightlife-as seen through the eyes of the patrons, owners, and dancers-for-hire who frequented the city's notoriously seedy \"taxi-dance\" halls. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taxi-dance halls, as the introduction notes, were social centers where men could come and pay to dance with \"a bevy of pretty, vivacious, and often mercenary\" women. Ten cents per dance was the usual fee, with half the proceeds going to the dancer and the other half to the owner of the taxi-hall. Cressey's study includes detailed maps of the taxi-dance districts, illuminating interviews with dancers, patrons, and owners, and vivid analyses of local attempts to reform the taxi-dance hall and its attendees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cressey's study reveals these halls to be the distinctive urban consequence of tensions between a young, diverse, and economically independent population at odds with the restrictive regulations of Prohibition America. Thick with sexual vice, ethnic clashes, and powerful undercurrents of class, \u003ci\u003eThe Taxi-Dance Hall\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark example of Chicago sociology, perfect for scholars and history buffs alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Goalby Cressey\u003c\/b\u003e (1900-1955) was a social scientist in the University of Chicago's Department of Sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 334\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.38 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45259970773094,"sku":"9780226120515","price":83.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/MitLcFl0RW9Sa2h6NFBhaHZQSjMzZz09.webp?v=1773859834","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-taxi-dance-hall-a-sociological-study-in-commercialized-recreation-and-city-life-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}