Authors:Frank Hoffmann, Beulah B Ramirez,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: fads, encyclopedia, entertainment, arts
Number of Pages: 379
Published: 1990-07-23
List price: $42.50
ISBN-10: 0918393728
ISBN-13: 9780918393722
Here is everything a trivia buff would ever want to know about major American fads in arts and entertainment! Well-documented and provocative, Arts & Entertainment Fads provides information on the fads that have gathered national attention and attracted many followers. Spanning time from the colonization of America to the very latest craze, the 120 entries include Tin Pan Alley, Barbershop Quartet, Betty Boop, James Bond, Charlie Chaplin, Punk Rock, The Charleston, Pop Art, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” 3-D, On the Road, The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, “Casey at the Bat,” Tom
Author: Mark A. Long
Publisher: Ecw Press
Keywords: fads
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2002-06-01
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 1550224913
ISBN-13: 9781550224917
From poodle skirts, hot pants, and Lava lamps to Pogs, Pokemon, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Bad Fads takes a fresh and funny look at the games, gags, dances, and styles of yesterday. This entertaining and nostalgic book unearths many short-lived popular trends from the past 100 years, covering fashion (go-go boots and Farrah Fawcett hairdos), collectibles (Rubik’s Cube and pet rocks), activities (3D movies and drive-in theaters), and events (telephone booth stuffing and goldfish swallowing). No age group is spared these embarrassing reminders of the intriguing, bizarre, and just pl
Author: G.K. Chesterto
Publisher: Pomona Pre
Keywords: fads, versus, fancies
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-11-04
List price: $40.95
ISBN-10: 1443734349
ISBN-13: 9781443734349
Contents Include: The Romance of Rhyme Hamlet and the Psych-Analyst The Meaning of Mock Turkey Shakespeare and the Legal Lady On Being an Old Bean The Fear of the Film Wings and the Housemaid The Slavery of Free Verse Prohibition and the Press The Mercy of Mr.Arnold Bennett A Defence of Dramatic Unities The Boredom of Butterflies The Terror of a Toy False Theory and the Theatre The Secret Society of Mankind The Sentimentalism of Divorce Street Cries and Stretching the Law The Revolt of the Spoilt Child The Innocence of the Criminal The Prudery of the Feminists How mad Laws are Made The Pagoda
Author: Joel Best
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: fads, people, smart, month, flavor
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 2006-04-10
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0520246268
ISBN-13: 9780520246263
While fads such as hula hoops or streaking are usually dismissed as silly enthusiasms, trends in institutions such as education, business, medicine, science, and criminal justice are often taken seriously, even though their popularity and usefulness is sometimes short-lived. Institutional fads such as open classrooms, quality circles, and multiple personality disorder are constantly making the rounds, promising astonishing new developments--novel ways of teaching reading or arithmetic, better methods of managing businesses, or improved treatments for disease. Some of these trends prove to be l
Author: Beverly Bundy
Publisher: Collectors Pre
Keywords: favorites, fads, america, food, century
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2002-10-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 1888054670
ISBN-13: 9781888054675
In 1900, most cooking was done in fireplaces; if you didn’t have a servant, you most likely were one; and a slim figure was considered a mark of ill health. Economic conditions, attitudes, and tastes have changed a lot over the twentieth century, and The Century in Food examines the inventions, innovations, and ingenuity that have fueled American appetites for the past hundred years. Bacardi Double-Chocolate Rum Cake, Playboy Paella, Sausage-Stuffed Baked Apples, and Chicken Fillets In Tomato-Wine Sauce are just a sampling of the scrumptious recipes found here, but more than a simple coo
Authors:Frank Hoffmann, Martin J Manning,
Publisher: Haworth Press
Keywords: fads, medical, botanical, medicine, herbal
Number of Pages: 241
Published: 2002-11-26
List price: $50.50
ISBN-10: 0789011492
ISBN-13: 9780789011497
Sam Houston State Univ., Huntsville, TX. Comprehensive consumer text on more than 100 herbs. Includes a historical background, popular uses, practical uses, related folklore, and a bibliography. Provides essays on alternative medicine, food preparation, nutrition, and much more. Softcover. DNLM: Phytotherapy--trends.
Authors:Frank Hoffmann, Beulah B Ramirez,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: popular, culture, haworth, fads, amp, merchandising, fashion
Number of Pages: 317
Published: 1994-07-07
List price: $50.50
ISBN-10: 1560230312
ISBN-13: 9781560230311
Fads by nature and by definition are hard to capture, yet Hoffmann and Bailey have captured over one hundred of the passing fashion fancies and merchandising miracles during America’s short history in their latest collection of fads, Fashion & Merchandising Fads.Life devoid of fads is impossible to imagine, and the fads that do enter our lives become vehicles for amusement upon retrospection. How long any fad stays in vogue is anybody’s guess, but Hoffmann and Bailey have again found those fads that somehow took root and flourished, if only for a short period of time, in America. Conci
