Deviant Behavior
Deviant Behavior

Author: Charles H. McCaghy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-01-08

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 131734877X

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Using the framework of interest group conflict, this text combines a balanced, comprehensive overview of the field of deviance with first-hand expertise in the workings of the criminal justice system. Deviant Behavior, Seventh Edition, surveys a wide range of topics, from explanations regarding crime and criminal behavior, measurement of crime, violent crime and organizational deviance, to sexual behavior, mental health, and substance abuse. This new edition continues its tradition of applying time-tested, sociological theory to developing social concepts and emerging issues.

The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals
The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals

Author: Dan Dietz

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781442230712

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In The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz examines every musical and revue that opened on Broadway during the 1960s. In addition to providing details on every hit and flop, Dietz includes revivals and one-man and one-woman shows that centered on stars like Jack Benny, Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrich, Danny Kaye, Yves Montand, and Lena Horne. In addition to entries for each production, the book offers numerous appendixes: a discography, film and television versions, published scripts, Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and lists of productions by the New York City Center Light Opera Company, the New York City Opera Company, and the Music Theatre of Lincoln Center.

Camera Man
Camera Man

Author: Dana Stevens

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2023-02-28

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1501134205

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They were calling it the Twentieth Century -- "She is a little animal, surely" -- "He's my son, and I'll break his neck any way I want to" -- "The locomotive of juveniles" -- A little hell-raising Huck Finn -- The boy who couldn't be damaged -- "Make me laugh, Keaton" -- Speed mania in the kingdom of shadows -- Pancakes at Childs -- Comique -- Roscoe -- Brooms -- Mabel at the wheel -- Famous players in famous plays -- Home, made -- Rice, shoes, and real estate -- The shadow stage -- Battle-scarred risibilities -- One for you, one for me -- The "darkie shuffle" -- The collapsing façade -- Grief slipped in -- The road through the mountain -- Not a drinker, a drunk -- Old times -- The coming thing in entertainment -- Coda: Eleanor.

History of American Literature
History of American Literature

Author: Reuben Post Halleck

Publisher:

Published: 1911

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13:

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This volume describes the greatest achievements in American literature, from the earliest times to the present. Special attention has been paid to the individual works of great authors, but also to literary movements, ideals, and animating principles, and the relation of all these to English literature. The author hopes this book will inspire students to investigate for themselves the remarkable American record of spirituality, initiative, and democratic accomplishment contained in our national literature.

The Magical World of Burlesque
The Magical World of Burlesque

Author: Dusty Summers

Publisher:

Published: 2013-10-25

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780741498748

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Las Vegas, in the 1970s and 1980s, was the place to be if you wanted to see or be in burlesque. In interviews with columnist Dusty Summers, burlesque icons including Christine Darling, Angelique PettyJohn, Gina Bon Bon, Delilah Jones, Susi Midnight, and Georgette Dante reveal how and why they became burlesque performers. Top bananas and comics including Artie Brooks, Professor Turban, Joey Bishop, Bob Mitchell and Charlie Vespia tell you how a man gets into burlesque. It is an inside story of burlesque in the words of the insiders! Contains over 150 photos!

The World's Congress of Representative Women
The World's Congress of Representative Women

Author: May Wright Sewall

Publisher: Sagwan Press

Published: 2015-08-21

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 9781296919863

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