Circus life : performing and laboring under America's big top shows, 1830-1920 / / Micah D. Childress
| Circus life : performing and laboring under America's big top shows, 1830-1920 / / Micah D. Childress |
| Autore | Childress Micah D. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Knoxville, Tennessee : , : The University of Tennessee Press, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 pages) |
| Disciplina | 791.3 |
| Collana | Sports and Popular Culture Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Circus - Social aspects
Circus workers Circus performers |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-62190-395-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788390703321 |
Childress Micah D.
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| Knoxville, Tennessee : , : The University of Tennessee Press, , [2018] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Circus life : performing and laboring under America's big top shows, 1830-1920 / / Micah D. Childress
| Circus life : performing and laboring under America's big top shows, 1830-1920 / / Micah D. Childress |
| Autore | Childress Micah D. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Knoxville, Tennessee : , : The University of Tennessee Press, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 pages) |
| Disciplina | 791.3 |
| Collana | Sports and Popular Culture Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Circus - Social aspects
Circus workers Circus performers |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-62190-395-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820215903321 |
Childress Micah D.
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| Knoxville, Tennessee : , : The University of Tennessee Press, , [2018] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Circus World : Roustabouts, Animals, and the Work of Putting on the Big Show
| Circus World : Roustabouts, Animals, and the Work of Putting on the Big Show |
| Autore | Ringer Andrea |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Champaign : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (292 pages) |
| Disciplina | 791.30973 |
| Collana | Working Class in American History Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Labor
Circus workers Circus HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century PERFORMING ARTS / Circus Labor - United States - History Circus workers - United States - History Circus - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9780252056741
0252056744 |
| Classificazione | PER002000HIS037060 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I: The circus migrant making circus day human and animal circus workers and their knowledge networks -- Part II: The circus lot women's work and gendered circus labor in the tented shows animal motherhood and (Re)constructed circus families captive, coerced, and frontline sideshow workers -- Part III: The circus world from the outside the circus as big business the making of the circus celebrity organized circus labor and working-class audiences -- Conclusion: Circus afterlives. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911009251903321 |
Ringer Andrea
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| Champaign : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2024 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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