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

University of Georgia Press, 2008. xii, 235 pp. $34.95, ISBN 978-0-8203-2892-8. [...] quite recently a scholarly study of the American circus was an oxymoron, with few serious investigations undertaken by professionally trained scholars.

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Published inThe Journal of American History Vol. 96; no. 1; pp. 203 - 204
Main Author Wilmeth, Don B.
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Organization of American Historians 01.06.2009
Subjects
Antebellum period
Circuses
Davis, David
Reconstruction period-US
Rhode Island
Georgia
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Summary:University of Georgia Press, 2008. xii, 235 pp. $34.95, ISBN 978-0-8203-2892-8. [...] quite recently a scholarly study of the American circus was an oxymoron, with few serious investigations undertaken by professionally trained scholars.
ISSN:0021-8723
1945-2314
DOI:10.2307/27694772