Circus : the Australian story
St. Leon, Mark, 1952-2011
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In Circus : the Australian story, author Mark St Leon presents a comprehensive, entertaining and visually stunning history of circus in Australia. His interest was sparked by his insatiable curiosity about his own family's celebrated past in Australian circus. You will read how a colonial circus industry developed out of its Old World roots; how the saga of circus is woven into the historical fabric of modern Australia; how circus in Australia absorbed influences from as far afield as America, Japan and Europe; how Australia has been visited by some of the world's major circus companies; and how Australia's circus people have coped with unrelenting social, cultural, technological and economic change.
Main title:
Circus : the Australian story / Mark St Leon.
Author:
St. Leon, Mark, 1952-, author
Imprint:
Melbourne : Melbourne Books, 2011.
Collation:
x, 273 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimilies, portraits ; 28 cm.
Series:
Australian history
Notes:
Includes index.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Tertiary/Undergraduate.General.
Contents:
GenesisThe Astleys of the antipodesGold, gravel and gritDust and spanglesForeign exchangeWirth's CircusRoad showsOz circus.
ISBN:
9781877096501 (hardback)
Dewey class:
791.30994
Language:
English
Index terms:
Australian
BRN:
2652536