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The showman and the slave : race, death, and memory in Barnum's America / Benjamin Reiss.
Author:
Reiss, Benjamin.
Imprint:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Description
x, 267 p. : illus. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Author:
Reiss, Benjamin.
Subject:
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891.
Heth, Joice, -1836.
Subject:
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography.
Freak shows -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
White people -- Race identity -- United States.
African Americans in popular culture -- History -- 19th century.
Racism in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Death in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Northeastern States -- Race relations.
