Davis, Janet M.

The circus age culture & society under the American big top / [electronic resource] : Janet M. Davis. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002. - xviii, 329 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2008.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Circus--Social aspects--United States.
Circus--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic books.

GV1803 / .D38 2002eb

791.3/0973