The Genesis of Mass Culture: Show Business Live in America, 1840 to 1940

By John Springhall

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349372153
• ISBN13: 9781349372157
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"