The circus age culture & society under the American big top /
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.
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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Circus--Social aspects--United States.
Circus--History--United States--20th century.
Electronic books.
GV1803 / .D38 2002
791.3/0973
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.
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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Circus--Social aspects--United States.
Circus--History--United States--20th century.
Electronic books.
GV1803 / .D38 2002
791.3/0973