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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788390703321

Autore

Childress Micah D.

Titolo

Circus life : performing and laboring under America's big top shows, 1830-1920 / / Micah D. Childress

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Knoxville, Tennessee : , : The University of Tennessee Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-62190-395-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 pages)

Collana

Sports and Popular Culture Series

Disciplina

791.3

Soggetti

Circus - Social aspects

Circus workers

Circus performers

Electronic books.

USA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Brian M. Ingrassia -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Circus Becomes Respectable: Accommodation and Change in the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 2: The Biggest Day of the Year -- Chapter 3: Working in the Circus -- Chapter 4: Obstacles and Opportunities -- Chapter 5: Amusement Barons or Captains of Entertainment? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.