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Author Davis, Janet M.

Title The circus age : culture & society under the American big top / Janet M. Davis.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2002]
©2002
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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  GV1803 .D38 2002    Available  ---
Description xviii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-316) and index.
Contents Circus day -- The circus as a historical and cultural process -- Spectacular labor -- Respectable female nudity -- From the king of beasts to clowns in drag -- Instruct the minds of all classes -- Legacies : from Las Vegas to the bridges of Madison County.
Subject Circus -- Social aspects -- United States.
Circus -- Social aspects.
United States.
Circus.
Circus -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
ISBN 0807853992 paperback alkaline paper
080782724X cloth alkaline paper

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