Title: E pluribus Barnum : the great showman and the making of U.S. popular culture /
Authors: Adams, Bluford.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Barnum, P. T.; Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows History.; Circus owners United States Biography; Circus Social aspects United States.; Popular culture United States
Contents: Introduction: "E Pluribus Barnum" -- 1. "All Things to All People": P.T. Barnum in American Culture -- 2. The Jenny Lind Tour: "Where's Barnum?" -- 3. Barnum's Long Arms: The American Museum -- 4. Barnum's Lecture Room: Excavating the Politics of the Moral Drama -- 5. "A Stupendous Mirror of Departed Empires": The Barnum Hippodromes and Circuses -- Conclusion: "A Transient Disease": Barnumism at the World's Columbian Exposition.