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Author Davis, Janet M.

Title The circus age [electronic resource] : culture & society under the American big top / Janet M. Davis.

Imprint Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xviii, 329 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Circus -- Social aspects -- United States.
Circus -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 080782724X (cloth : alk. paper)
0807853992 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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