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New York Café Society

New York Café Society

Anthony Young

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"In the Great Depression, an elite group of New Yorkers lived unaffected by the economic calamity. They were writers, playwrights, journalists, artists, composers, singers, actors, adventurers and socialites. Newspaperman Maury Paul dubbed them the Café Society. This book describes the emergence of Café Society from New York's old society families, and the rise of the new creative class"--

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OL Work ID
OL22316135W

Subjects

Social life and customsDepressionsIntellectual lifeNightclubsIntellectualsElite (Social sciences)ArtistsSocialitesBiographyHistoryDepressions, 1929Artists, biographyNew york (n.y.), social life and customsNew york (n.y.), intellectual lifeNew york (n.y.), biographyNew york (n.y.), historyManners and customs

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