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Weird and wonderful : the dime museum in America
- Title
- Weird and wonderful : the dime museum in America / Andrea Stulman Dennett.
- Author
- Dennett, Andrea Stulman, 1958-
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, c1997.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 98-6051 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 200 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Curiosities and wonders > Museums > United States > History
- Barnum, P. T (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
- Museums > United States > History
- Popular culture > United States > History
- Dime museums > United States > History
- Barnum's American Museum
- Eccentrics and eccentricities > Museums > United States > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-191) and index.
- Contents
- The origins of the dime museum, 1782-1840 -- Barnum and the museum revolution, 1841-1870 -- The peak years : from the Civil War to 1900 -- Freaks and platform performers -- Lecture room entertainments -- Waxworks and film -- The dime museum reconfigured for a new century.
- Call Number
- JFE 98-6051
- ISBN
- 081471885X (clothbound : alk. paper)
- 0814718868 (paperbound : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 97004880
- OCLC
- 36824696
- Author
- Dennett, Andrea Stulman, 1958-
- Title
- Weird and wonderful : the dime museum in America / Andrea Stulman Dennett.
- Imprint
- New York : New York University Press, c1997.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-191) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 98-6051