The circus age : culture & society under the American big top /
Davis, Janet M.
The circus age : culture & society under the American big top / Janet M. Davis. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002. - 1 online resource (xviii, 329 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-316) and index.
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.
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This work explores the development of the early 20th-century circus against developments such as the rise of big business and the genesis of the United States' overseas empire. It casts the circus as a powerful force in consolidating the nation's identity.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
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2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
0807861499 (electronic bk.) 9780807861493 (electronic bk.) 9780807827246 (cloth ; alk. paper) 080782724X (cloth ; alk. paper) 9780807853993 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0807853992 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
2342014
1900-1999
Circus--Social aspects--United States.
Circus--History--United States--20th century.
Cirque--Aspect social--États-Unis.
Cirque--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS--Circus.
Circus.
Circus--Social aspects.
Zirkus
United States.
USA.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
GV1803 / .D38 2002eb
791.3/0973
The circus age : culture & society under the American big top / Janet M. Davis. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002. - 1 online resource (xviii, 329 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-316) and index.
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.
Use copy
This work explores the development of the early 20th-century circus against developments such as the rise of big business and the genesis of the United States' overseas empire. It casts the circus as a powerful force in consolidating the nation's identity.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
0807861499 (electronic bk.) 9780807861493 (electronic bk.) 9780807827246 (cloth ; alk. paper) 080782724X (cloth ; alk. paper) 9780807853993 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0807853992 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
2342014
1900-1999
Circus--Social aspects--United States.
Circus--History--United States--20th century.
Cirque--Aspect social--États-Unis.
Cirque--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS--Circus.
Circus.
Circus--Social aspects.
Zirkus
United States.
USA.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
GV1803 / .D38 2002eb
791.3/0973