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The big tent : the traveling circus in Georgia, 1820-1930 / by Gregory J. Renoff

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Athens : University of Georgia Press, cop. 2008Description: x, 235 s., [12] pl.-s. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 978-0-8203-2892-8 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0-8203-2892-8 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.309758 22
Other classification:
  • Ikö-qabh.47
  • Ikö-qabh.5
Contents:
Innehåll: Get the show on the road : circus trouping in the old south -- Selling southernism : showmen in Georgia, 1865-1874 -- The slow embrace : religion, social status, and circus attendance, 1865-1920 -- Wait for the big show! The economics of the circus in Georgia, 1865-1920 -- The canvas city : social mixing on circus day, 1870-1920 -- Performers in bleachers : audience behavior and social interaction in turn-of-the-century circus tents -- It's showtime : the cultural content of the circus, 1880-1920 -- Sparks circus and the reinvention of circus day
Holdings
Item type Home library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Biblioteket Brinellvägen Iköe Renoff 1 Available 43731008862
Total holds: 0

S. 209-226: Bibliography

Innehåll: Get the show on the road : circus trouping in the old south -- Selling southernism : showmen in Georgia, 1865-1874 -- The slow embrace : religion, social status, and circus attendance, 1865-1920 -- Wait for the big show! The economics of the circus in Georgia, 1865-1920 -- The canvas city : social mixing on circus day, 1870-1920 -- Performers in bleachers : audience behavior and social interaction in turn-of-the-century circus tents -- It's showtime : the cultural content of the circus, 1880-1920 -- Sparks circus and the reinvention of circus day

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