How the Arabian Nights Inspired the American Dream, 1790-1935

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Introduction: Playing Eastern......Page 16
One: Capitalism and the Arabian Nights, 1790–1892......Page 34
Two: Ex Oriente Lux: Playing Eastern for a Living, 1838–1875......Page 66
Three: Wise Men of the East and the Market for American Fraternalism, 1850–1892......Page 94
Four: Arab Athleticism and the Exoticization of the American Dream, 1870–1920......Page 126
Five: Making the Familiar Strange: The Racial Politics of Eastern Exotic, 1893–1929......Page 152
Six: Eastern Femininities for Modern Women, 1893–1930......Page 186
Seven: Turbans and Capitalism, 1893–1930......Page 220
Eight: Sign of Promise: African Americans and Eastern Personae in the Great Depression......Page 246
Notes......Page 270
Bibliography......Page 314
A......Page 350
C......Page 351
E......Page 352
H......Page 353
L......Page 354
N......Page 355
P......Page 356
S......Page 357
T......Page 358
Z......Page 359