| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 329 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| 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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
This work explores the development of the early 20th-century circus against developments such as the rise of big business and the genesis of the United States' overseas empire. It casts the circus as a powerful force in consolidating the nation's identity. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Circus -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Circus -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Circus. |
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Circus -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Davis, Janet M. Circus age. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002 080782724X 0807853992 (DLC) 2002000863 (OCoLC)48858223 |
| ISBN |
0807861499 (electronic book) |
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9780807861493 (electronic book) |
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9780807827246 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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080782724X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807853993 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0807853992 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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