John F. Kasson

6 books

Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century by John F. Kasson

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

John F. Kasson

128 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Civilizing the Machine: Technology and Republican Values in America, 1776-1900 by John F. Kasson

Civilizing the Machine: Technology and Republican Values in America, 1776-1900

John F. Kasson

288 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

nonfiction history technology challenging informative medium-paced
Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man: The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America by John F. Kasson

Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man: The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America

John F. Kasson

288 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction gender history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression: Shirley Temple and 1930s America by John F. Kasson

The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression: Shirley Temple and 1930s America

John F. Kasson

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Rudeness and Civility: Manners in Nineteenth-Century Urban America by John F. Kasson

Rudeness and Civility: Manners in Nineteenth-Century Urban America

John F. Kasson

320 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861-2008 by Charles Denson, Josh Glick, John F. Kasson, Charles Musser, Robin Jaffee Frank

Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861-2008

Charles Denson, Josh Glick, John F. Kasson, Charles Musser, Robin Jaffee Frank

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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