E pluribus Barnum : the great showman and the making of U.S. popular culture /

Adams, Bluford

E pluribus Barnum : the great showman and the making of U.S. popular culture / [book] Bluford Adams - Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, c1997. - xv, 249 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-240) and index

0816626308 (hardcover : acidfree paper) 0816626316 (pbk. : acid-free paper)


Barnum, P. T. 1810-1891


Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows--History


Circus owners--Biography--United States
Circus--Social aspects--United States
Popular culture--United States

GV1811.B3 / A211