Arts & Entertainment Fads

by Frank W. Hoffmann

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0918393728
• ISBN13: 9780918393722
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Fads, fads, fads

Although none of the fads are analyzed in depth, the listing of all the fads that have come and gone is still impressive (though they missed a couple, like Jaws and UFOs). This listing drives home the fact that our society seems to be subjected to waves of fads, as often as the waves on the beach. Although most historians will ignore fads, focusing instead on the usual politicians and generals, they do affect society. The only formal histories that I have ever read that do seriously include fads in their narration were Since Yesterday and Only Yesterday, both classics.