Contents
Acknowledgments
Part I. Historical and Theoretical Issues
1. Introduction: Leisure and Hegemony in America | Richard Butsch
2. Pessimism versus Populism: The Problematic Politics of Popular Culture | John Clarke
Part II. Commercial Origins
3. Pacifying American Theatrical Audiences, 1820-1900 | Bruce A. Mcconachie
4. "Adopted by All the Leading Clubs": Sporting Goods and the Shaping of Leisure, 1800-1900 | Stephen Hardy
Part III. Commercialization Takes Shape
5. Commercial Leisure and the "Woman Question" | Kathy Peiss
6. Big Time, Small Time, All Around the Town: New York Vaudeville in the Early Twentieth Century | Robert W. Snyder
7. The Movie Palace Comes to America's Cities | Douglas Gomery
8. The United States Forest Service and the Postwar Commodification of Outdoor Recreation | L. Sue Greer
Part IV. Commercialization and Mass Media
9. A Historical Comparison of Children's Use of Leisure Time | Ellen Wartella and Sharon Mazzarella
10. "How Does It Feel When You've Got No Food?" The Past as Present in Popular Music | George Lipsitz
11. Home Video and Corporate Plans: Capital's Limited Power to Manipulate Leisure | Richard Butsch
Contributors