John F. Kasson

John F. Kasson, who teaches history and American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the author of Houdini, Tarzan and the Perfect Man, Amusing the Million, Rudeness and Civility, and Civilizing the Machine.


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Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man
Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man

John F. Kasson
Hill and Wang

An important new work from one of our premier cultural historians. Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man considers the surprisingly complex evolution in...


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Civilizing the Machine
Civilizing the Machine

John F. Kasson; With a New Preface by the Author
Hill and Wang

A major theme of American history has always been the desire to achieve a genuinely republican way of life that values liberty, order, and virtue. In...


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Rudeness and Civility
Rudeness and Civility

John F. Kasson
Hill and Wang

With keen insight and subtle humor, John F. Kasson explores the history and politics of etiquette from America's colonial times through the nineteenth century....


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Amusing the Million
Amusing the Million

John F. Kasson
Hill and Wang

Coney Island: the name still resonates with a sense of racy Brooklyn excitement, the echo of beach-front popular entertainment before World War I. Amusing the...


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