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Circus Age: Culture and Society Under the American Big Top

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Circus Age: Culture and Society Under the American Big Top

by Janet M Davis

About this title: This volume explores the development of the early 20th-century railroad circus against such broader historical developments as the rise of big business, the breakdown of separate spheres for men and women, and the genesis of the United States' overseas empire. It casts the circus as a powerful force in consolidating the nation's identity as a modern industrial society and world power. It goes on to view the many shows that took place under the big top, from scripted performances to exhibitions of labourers to acrobats falling and animals rampaging. Turning Victorian notions of gender, race ... read more

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Binding: Textbook Binding Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Date Published: 2002-09-23 ISBN-13: 9780807827246 ISBN: 080782724X

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Binding: hardcover Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Date Published: 2002 ISBN-13: 9780807827246 ISBN: 080782724X

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Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A. Date Published: 2002 ISBN-13: 9780807827246 ISBN: 080782724X

Description: Illustrated. Very Good + 6.5 x 9.5 hard cover book. Gold lettering on the red spine with a red cover. A comprehensive history of the Circus in America. 329 pages. Oneonta photo on page 4. 1st Edition, Ex-library. Tight binding. Very Good + condition. read more

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Binding: Paperback Publisher: The University Of North Carolina Press Date Published: 2002 ISBN-13: 9780807853993 ISBN: 0807853992

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Publisher: Chapel Hill & London Date Published: 2002

Description: xvii, 329pp. First ed. Wrps, fine. A scholarly press. Eight pp. of colored plates of circus adverts. Several more b/w illus. H/b to over one hundred. read more

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC Date Published: 2002 ISBN-13: 9780807853993 ISBN: 0807853992

Description: Near Fine. 0807853992. Softcover has very colorful front cover, appropriate for the topic. Spine is grey with black lettering. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Extensively illustrated with 36 b/w pictures and 8 color plates. "...links the flowering of the early woth century American railroad circus to such broader historical developments as the rise of big business, the breakdown of separate speheres for men and women, and the genesis of the US overseas empireS...." Sections are ... read more

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Binding: Paperback Publisher: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA PR Date Published: 2002 ISBN-13: 9780807853993 ISBN: 0807853992

Description: New. A century ago, daily life ground to a halt when the circus rolled into town. Across America, banks closed, schools canceled classes, farmers left their fields, and factories shut down so that everyone could go to the show. In this entertaining and pr... read more

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Edition: First Edition. Binding: Hardcover. Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A. The Univ. of North Carolina Press 2002. Date Published: 2002 ISBN-13: 9780807827246 ISBN: 080782724X

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. . .with the greatest of ease, May 21, 2007
By justakid, simi valley, ca

"An insightful book into circus culture and its impact/reflection of the times in which they existed. Davis provides an easy read as she explores the side shows, the freaks, the clowns, the workers, and the animals, and gives a convincing argument of the circus as a glimpse into racial/gender/class structures in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

A fine piece of work."

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