Going out: the rise and fall of public amusements

Dollar theatres, concert saloons, and dime museums

"Something for everybody" at the Vaudeville theater

"The best smelling crowd in the world"

The "indecent" others

The city as playground: The World's Fair midways

"The summer show"

The National show

"Laughter and liberty galore": Early twentieth-century dance halls, ballrooms, and cabarets

Talking and singing machines, parlors, and peep shows

"The surest immediate money-maker ever known"

The first picture shows

"The pernicious 'moving picture' abomination"

Combination shows, stars, and features

Waving the flag

Palaces for the people

Decline and fall.