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245	0	4	_aThe American circus / _cSusan Weber, Kenneth L. Ames, Matthew Wittmann, editors.
260			_aNew York ; _bBard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture : _aNew Haven ; _aLondon : _bYale University Press, _cc2012.
300			_a459 p. : _bill., (some col.) ; _c28 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 437-448) and index
505	0		_aAbout the contributors -- Introduction / Kenneth L. Ames -- The circus Americanized / Janet M. Davis -- The transnational history of the early American circus / Matthew Wittmann -- The American circus in Victorian Britain / Brenda Assael -- American circus posters / Paul Stirton -- Shelbourne Museum's Colchester posters and circus advertising / Kory W. Rogers -- The circus parade / Gregory J. Renoff -- Circus music in America / Leon Botstein -- The American circus tent / Fred Dahlinger, Jr. -- Elephants and the American circus / Susan Nance -- Horses and cat acts in the early American circus / Brett Mizelle -- Performed identities as circus illusions / Peter Tait -- The Americanization of the circus clown / Rodney Huey -- The American circus spectacle / Jennifer Lemmer Posey -- The circus in nineteenth-century American children's literature / Ellen Butler Donovan -- Circus toys in the gilded age / Eugene W. Metcalf -- The WPA circus in New York / Susan Weber -- Disability and the circus / Rachel Adams -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photo credits
650	1	4	_aCircus _zUnited States
700	1		_aWeber, Susan _4edt _d1954-
700	1		_aAmes, Kenneth L. _4edt
700	1		_aWittman, Matthew W. _4edt
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