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af Martin Elmer ...

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af Steve Ward ...

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Modern Clown Performance

af Louise Peacock ...

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af John Wright ...

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A Practical Guide to Creativity for Aerialists

af Elizabeth Stich, Julianna Hane ...

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Eighteenth-Century Masculinity and English Horsemanship

af Monica Mattfeld ...

Serier serie Animalibus
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This collection of primary sources brings together a series of documents derived from archives, journals, newspapers, out-of-print books, memoirs, letters, and other written materials pertaining to the circus during the long nineteenth century (1789-1919). Historians concur that the ‘modern’ circus emerged in London in the late-eighteenth century, following the entrepreneurial initiatives of ... Læs mere

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The Rise and Fall of the Sideshow Geek: Snake Eaters, Human Ostriches, & Other Extreme Entertainments

Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe

The 388 Tattoos of Captain George and the 389 Tales of How He Got Them

Danske rejsende cirkus- og gøglerslægter

Natural Born! Circus, Sideshow and the Art of Being Human

Cirkus- og gøglerslægter. Miljø og stamtavler

En Route to the Great Eastern Circus and Other Essays on Circus History

Laughing Stock

Techniques of Illusion

La rivoluzione in pista

The Circus Fire

Artistenleven

The Cambridge Companion to the Circus

Lions 'n' tigers 'n' everything

Contemporary Circus

Secrets of the Sideshows

Le, klovn - le!

Artistes of Colour: Ethnic Diversity and Representation in the Victorian Circus

Serious Play

More Swings Than Roundabouts: The Life of Carlos 'Robin' Medina

Aerial Arts and Dance Improvisation

Becoming Centaur

Circus and Sideshow in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Documentary History

Circus and Sideshow in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Documentary History