Title Weird and wonderful : the dime museum in America / Andrea Stulman Dennett

Published New York : New York University Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 200 pages) : illustrations Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-191) and index Notes Print version record Subject Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891 SUBJECT Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891 fast Subject Barnum's American Museum. SUBJECT Barnum's American Museum fast Subject Popular culture -- United States -- History Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Museums -- United States -- History Curiosities and wonders -- Museums -- United States -- History Dime museums -- United States -- History Museums -- United States -- History HISTORY -- United States -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology. REFERENCE -- General. TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. Curiosities and wonders -- Museums Dime museums Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Museums Museums Popular culture United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 97004880 ISBN 9780814744215 0814744214

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