The circus age : culture & society under the American big top / Janet M. Davis.
| Author/creator |
Davis, Janet M. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002. |
| Description | xviii, 329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-316) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002000863 |
| ISBN | 080782724X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807853992 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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