The showman and the slave [electronic resource] : race, death, and memory in Barnum's America / Benjamin Reiss.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.Edition: 1st Harvard University Press pbk. edDescription: x, 267 p. : illSubject(s): - Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
- Heth, Joice, d. 1836
- Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Women slaves -- United States -- Biography
- Freak shows -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Whites -- 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
- E165 .R45 2010eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-259) and index.
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