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New York Cafe Society: The Elite Meet to See and Be Seen, 1920s-1940s

New York Cafe Society: The Elite Meet to See and Be Seen, 1920s-1940s

Young, Anthony

Paperback

AgricultureGeneral SociologyGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 0786474378
ISBN13: 9780786474370
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jun 1 2015
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In the midst of the Great Depression, an elite group of New Yorkers lived seemingly unaffected by the economic calamity. They were writers, playwrights, journalists, artists, composers, singers, actors, adventurers and socialites. Newspaperman Maury Paul dubbed them the Cafe Society.

It was the time of Prohibition, speakeasies and exclusive nightclubs for the smart set to see and be seen. Their lives were the stuff of newspaper columns and magazine articles, eagerly read by millions of Americans who wanted to forget the Depression. This book describes the emergence of Cafe Society from New York's old society families, and the rise of the new creative class.

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