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Author Benes, Peter, author.

Title For a short time only : itinerants and the resurgence of popular culture in early America / Peter Benes.

Publication Info. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2016.
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Part I. The Tradition-Bearers; 1. Itinerants and Popular Culture; 2. Travel Routes and Circuits; 3. A Legacy of Diversity, a Reputation for Distrust; 4. Establishing a Public Presence; 5. Acquiring Skills; 6. The Impact of Images; Part II. Some Early Strolling Practices; 7. Street Performers; 8. Tavern Entertainers I: Magic Lanternists; 9. Tavern Entertainers II: Puppeteers, Ropedancers, Conjurers; Part III. Itinerants Assume Schooled and Mannered Callings; 10. Art of Psalmody; 11. Musical Life; 12. Pantomime Entertainment.
13. A Time to Dance14. Confronting the Professions; Part IV. Popular Culture Flourishes in America, 1780-1825; 15. Waxwork Museums; 16. Public Painters; 17. Taking Faces I: The Itinerant Portraitist; 18. Taking Faces II: The Physiognotrace; 19. The World of Automatons; 20. Penmanship Schools; Conclusion: America Comes of Age; Part 1. Fading Carnival Texts in American Popular Culture; Part 2. Itinerancy in the Antebellum Period; Part 3. The Itinerant Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Photo Credits; Index; About the Author; Back Cover.
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Subject Popular culture -- North America -- History -- 19th century.
Popular culture.
North America.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Popular culture -- North America -- History -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Itinerant entertainers -- North America -- History -- 19th century.
Itinerant entertainers.
Itinerant entertainers -- North America -- History -- 18th century.
Sideshows -- North America -- History -- 19th century.
Sideshows.
Sideshows -- North America -- History -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 1700-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: 9781625341990 1625341997 (DLC) 2016012902 (OCoLC)930997594
ISBN 9781613764145 (electronic book)
1613764146 (electronic book)
9781625341990 (jacketed cloth ; alkaline paper)
1625341997

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