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 ...
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Binding: Textbook Binding
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 2002-09-23
ISBN-13:9780807827246ISBN:080782724X
Description: Fair. Tight and bright, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, cover curl and a little soiling, dust jacket is missing, an ex-library copy with usual library markings. read more
Binding: Textbook Binding
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 2002-09-23
ISBN-13:9780807827246ISBN:080782724X
Description: Good. No dust cover. Ex-library copy w/ usual stamps and markings. Some shelf wear on cover, pages in good reading condition. Ships promptly in a padded mailer w/ delivery confirmation. read more
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780807827246ISBN:080782724X
Description: Good 329 pages. Former public library copy with library stamps/stickers. Tight binding. Cover has a small 1/8 inch ding to edge, otherwise, great inside. read more
Binding: Textbook Binding
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 9-23-02
ISBN-13:9780807827246ISBN:080782724X
Description: GOOD. Crisp, clean, unmarked, and unread hardcover with modest shelf and edgewear to boards; no dj; has remainder mark-otherwise FINE! 1.42 lbs. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780807827246ISBN: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
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The University Of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780807853993ISBN:0807853992
Description: Good. 0807853992. This book is in good condition; no remainder marks. The book has some shelfwear. Some underlined passages and margin notes. read more
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
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780807853993ISBN: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
Binding: Textbook Binding
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 9/23/2002
ISBN-13:9780807827246ISBN:080782724X
Description: Very Good. 080782724X Hard cover book that is exlibrary. Little wear to exterior. Binding is tight, text and pages are clean throughout. Nice reader copy. Fast shipping. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA PR
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780807853993ISBN: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
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-13:9780807853993ISBN:0807853992
Description: Good. 0807853992 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Textbook Binding
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 9/23/2002
ISBN-13:9780807827246ISBN:080782724X
Description: Good. 080782724X Ex library book with usual markings. Clean text. We follow Amazon condition guidelines. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED + WE SHIP W/IN 24 HRS. Ships in a padded envelope. 4176. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover.
Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A. The Univ. of North Carolina Press 2002.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780807827246ISBN:080782724X
Description: Illustrated by Illustrated. Fine. Ex-Library 080782724X An As New HARDCOVER. Text is clean, tight, bright & unmarked but for usual library markings. Book appears unread. read more
"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.
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