The circus age : culture & society under the American big top / Janet M. Davis.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Janet M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002.
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Table of 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.