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Phineas Taylor Barnum lived from 1810 until 1891. This study investigates the influence he had on American popular culture of the 19th century and looks at how he continues to have an influence today.

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"E. Pluribus Barnum"; "All things to all people" - P. T. Barnum in American culture; The Jenny Lind tour - "Where's Barnum?"; Barnum's long arms - The American museum; Barnum's lecture room - Excavating the politics of the moral drama; "A stupendous mirror of departed empires" - The Barnum hippodromes and circuses; Conclusion - "A transient disease": Barnumism at the world's Columbian exposition.

E Pluribus Barnum

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/1997
      ISBN13: 9780816626311, 978-0816626311
      ISBN10: 0816626316

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Phineas Taylor Barnum lived from 1810 until 1891. This study investigates the influence he had on American popular culture of the 19th century and looks at how he continues to have an influence today.

      Table of Contents
      "E. Pluribus Barnum"; "All things to all people" - P. T. Barnum in American culture; The Jenny Lind tour - "Where's Barnum?"; Barnum's long arms - The American museum; Barnum's lecture room - Excavating the politics of the moral drama; "A stupendous mirror of departed empires" - The Barnum hippodromes and circuses; Conclusion - "A transient disease": Barnumism at the world's Columbian exposition.

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