The Big Tent : The Traveling Circus in Georgia, 1820-1930 /

"Ranging across a changing social, cultural, and economic landscape, The Big Tent tells a new history of what happened when the circus came to town, from the time it traveled by wagon and river barge through its heyday during the railroad era and into its final decline in the age of the automob...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Renoff, Greg, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sociale aspecten.
Circus.
Zirkus
Circus > Social aspects.
Cirque > Aspect social > Georgie (État)
Cirque > Georgie (État) > Histoire.
Circus > Social aspects > Georgia.
Circus > Georgia > History.
Georgia.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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