Chapter 10. The Nightclub Era in Retrospect

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Chapter 1. The 1920s New York Nightclub, a Modern Institution 1
5. Chapter 2. "The Hostess Evil" 28
6. Chapter 3. Tammany Nights 51
7. Chapter 4. "War on the Nightclubs" 73
8. Chapter 5. Bargain-Counter Broadway 99
9. Chapter 6. "Where Fleshpots And Politics Together Meet" 123
10. Chapter 7. Nightlife in the La Guardia Era 146
11. Chapter 8. A New Deal for Nightclubs 170
12. Chapter 9. Billy Rose and Nightclubs for The Masses 190
13. Chapter 10. The Nightclub Era in Retrospect 218
14. Notes 233
15. Index 273
16. Acknowledgments 283