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The showman and the slave : race, death, and memory in Barnum's America
Title:
The showman and the slave : race, death, and memory in Barnum's America
Author:
Reiss, Benjamin.
Personal Author:
Reiss, Benjamin.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Physical Description:
x, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Personal Subject:
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891.

Heth, Joice, -1836.
Subject Term:
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography.

Freak shows -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

Whites -- Race identity -- United States.

African Americans in popular culture -- History -- 19th century.

Racism in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

Death in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Geographic Term:
Northeastern States -- Race relations.
ISBN:
9780674006362
Format :
Book

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