‘On with the Show’: American Popular Entertainment as Cultural and Social History
This piece argues that American historians of commercial amusements before television have, in recent years, published important work that places their chosen entertainment forms within a reliable cultural and historical framework. Showman and promoter P. T. Barnum's American Museum in New York...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2004
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| In: |
History compass
Year: 2004, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-5 |
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| Summary: | This piece argues that American historians of commercial amusements before television have, in recent years, published important work that places their chosen entertainment forms within a reliable cultural and historical framework. Showman and promoter P. T. Barnum's American Museum in New York is identified as central to the history of American show business from minstrelsy to vaudeville. |
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| ISSN: | 1478-0542 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: History compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2004.00088.x |
