For a Short Time Only: Itinerants and the Resurgence of Popular Culture in Early America
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For a Short Time Only: Itinerants and the Resurgence of Popular Culture in Early America

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Title: For a Short Time Only: Itinerants and the Resurgence of Popular Culture in Early America Author: Peter Benes ISBN: 9781625341990 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press Published: 2016 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. Anthropology 1650045 Publisher Description: Winner of the 2017 Theatre Library Association's George Freedley Memorial Book Award By the 1740s, colonists living in North America began to encounter scores of itinerant performers from England and Europe. These show people--acrobats, wire dancers, tumblers, trick riders, painters, dancing-masters, waxworks proprietors, healers, and singing and language teachers--brought novelty and culture to remote areas. Advertising in newspapers, they a

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