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The Circus Age: Culture and Society under the American Big Top
The Circus Age Culture and Society under the American Big Top
Author: Janet M. Davis
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 provocative book, Janet Davis links the flowering of the early-twentieth-century American railroad ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807853993
ISBN-10: 0807853992
Publication Date: 9/23/2002
Pages: 360
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Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Book Type: Paperback
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