Coney Island Questions
Kasson Assignment
Based on you reading of John Kasson’s Amusing the Million, please answer the following question  in an essay format:
At the turn of the twentieth century, was Coney Island a force for modernity or a throwback to  an earlier eras? In what ways? How do you think people living at the time viewed Coney Island?
Because Amusing the Million uses a lot of vivid illustrations, you are required to consider at  least three of the illustrations in your essay.