{"product_id":"from-traveling-show-to-vaudeville-theatrical-spectacle-in-america-1830-1910-paperback","title":"From Traveling Show to Vaudeville: Theatrical Spectacle in America, 1830-1910 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert M. Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eM. Lewis Robert\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this anthology, Robert Lewis brings together primary sources on the history of early American theater and variety shows, the materials ranging from programs and advertising bills to contemporary commentary and the memoirs of performers. Although printed, these rare, inaccessible, and\/or scattered sources achieve the \"archival.\" Lewis's collection make them available not only to historians but also to their students in American-culture courses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert M. Lewis has assembled a remarkable collection of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century primary sources that document America's age of theatrical spectacle. In eight parts, Lewis explores dime museums, minstrelsy, circuses, melodramas, burlesque shows, Wild West shows, amusement parks, and vaudeville.\u003c\/p\u003e--Mark Evan Swartz, author of \u003ci\u003eOz before the Rainbow: L. Frank Baum's \u003c\/i\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz \u003ci\u003eon Stage and Screen to 1939\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert M. Lewis has assembled a remarkable collection of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century primary sources that document America's age of theatrical spectacle. In eight parts, Lewis explores dime museums, minstrelsy, circuses, melodramas, burlesque shows, Wild West shows, amusement parks, and vaudeville.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert M. Lewis \u003c\/b\u003eis a lecturer in American history at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52615681212723,"sku":"9780801887482","price":80.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/rfBMeP-0dk9780801887482.webp?v=1783164686","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/from-traveling-show-to-vaudeville-theatrical-spectacle-in-america-1830-1910-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}