The circus age : culture & society under the American big top / Janet M. Davis.
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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2002.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 329 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-316) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0807861499 9780807861493 9780807827246 080782724X 9780807853993 0807853992 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |