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The circus age : culture & society under the American big top
Title:
The circus age : culture & society under the American big top
Author:
Davis, Janet M.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2002]

©2002
Physical Description:
xviii, 329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language:
English
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.
ISBN:
9780807827246

9780807853993
Format :
Book