Title The soul of pleasure : sentiment and sensation in nineteenth-century American mass entertainment / David Monod.

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Description	1 online resource
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Enter sentimentality : the origins of the entertainment revolution -- Laugh and grow fat : minstrelsy and burlesque -- Looking through : sentimental aesthetics -- The democratization of entertainment : the concert saloons -- Any dodge is fair to raise a good sensation : the danger and promise of sensationalism -- Art with the effervescence of ginger beer : the creation of vaudeville -- Spectacle and nostalgia on the road : traveling shows.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Performing arts -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Performing arts.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Popular culture.
	Amusements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Amusements.
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
ISBN	9781501703997 electronic book
	1501703994 electronic book
	9781501702389
	1501702386