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List of Illustrations | ||
Preface and Acknowledgments | ||
1 | The Origins of the Dime Museum, 1782-1840 | 1 |
2 | Barnum and the Museum Revolution, 1841-1870 | 23 |
3 | The Peak Years: From the Civil War to 1900 | 41 |
4 | Freaks and Platform Performers | 66 |
5 | Lecture Room Entertainments | 86 |
6 | Waxworks and Film | 106 |
7 | The Dime Museum Reconfigured for a New Century | 124 |
Epilogue | 144 | |
App. A: Chronology | 149 | |
App. B | Dime Museums | 151 |
Notes | 155 | |
Selected Bibliography | 179 | |
Index | 193 | |
About the Author | 200 |
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