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The Genesis of Mass Culture

Show Business Live in America, 1840 to 1940
By:J. Springhall
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230604490
eText ISBN:9780230612129
Edition:0
Copyright:2008
Format:Page Fidelity

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A thorough survey of the origins and development of the major distinct American commercial entertainments that emerged between over the course of the 19th century and into the 20th, including P.T. Barnum_s American Museum, freak show, and circus, as well as blackface minstrelry, Buffalo Bill_s Wild West Show, and vaudeville.