ABSTRACT

First published in 2003. This is Volume II of eight in the Early Sociology of Culture collection and offers a sociological study on the commercialized recreation. Paul G. Cressey while serving as a case-worker and special investigator for the Juvenile Protective Association was requested during the summer of 1925 to report upon the new and then quite unfamiliar closed dance halls. This book is in a sense the outgrowth of those assignments.

part I|27 pages

The Taxi-Dance Hall: What It Is

chapter I|14 pages

A Night In A Taxi-Dance Hall

chapter II|11 pages

The Taxi-Dance Hall As A Type

part II|78 pages

The Taxi-Dancer And Her World

chapter III|23 pages

The Taxi-Dance Hall As A Social World

chapter V|23 pages

The Life-Cycle Of The Taxi-Dancer

part III|68 pages

The Patron And His Problems

chapter VI|36 pages

The Patron: Who He Is; Why He Comes

chapter VII|30 pages

The Filipino And The Taxi-Dance Hall

part IV|59 pages

The Natural History And Ecology Of The Taxi-Dance Hall

chapter VIII|19 pages

The Origins Of The Taxi-Dance Hall

chapter IX|14 pages

The Taxi-Dance Hall Meets The Public

chapter XI|10 pages

The Location Of The Taxi-Dance Hall

part V|60 pages

The Taxi-Dance Hall Problem

chapter XII|25 pages

Personal Demoralization

chapter XIII|33 pages

The Taxi-Dance Hall And Social Reform