Circus World: Roustabouts, Animals, and the Work of Putting on the Big Show History_Gift_Guide With the signature Gucci print

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Circus World: Roustabouts, Animals, and the Work of Putting on the Big Show History_Gift_Guide With the signature Gucci printFrom the 1870s to the 1960s, circuses crisscrossed the nation providing entertainment. A unique workforce of human and animal laborers from around the world put on the show. They also formed the backbone of a tented entertainment industry that raised new questions about what constituted work and who counted as a worker. Andrea Ringer examines the industry wide circus worldthe collection of shows that traveled by rail, wagon, steamboat, and carand the