Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century

"His inquiry into the nature and significance of Coney Island . . . provides a brilliant device for understanding major transformations in American culture." —Warren Susman, Rutgers University

Coney Island: the name still resonates with a sense of racy Brooklyn excitement, the echo of beach-front popular entertainment before World War I. Amusing the Million examines the historical context in which Coney Island made its reputation as an amusement park and shows how America's changing social ...