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Freak Show : Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit
Freak Show Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit
Author: Robert Bogdan
From 1840 until 1940, freak shows by the hundreds crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their casts of dwarfs, giants, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, savages, snake charmers, fire eaters, and other oddities. By today's standards such displays would be considered cruel and exploitative--the porn...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226063126
ISBN-10: 0226063127
Publication Date: 5/15/1990
Pages: 336
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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