Wonder Shows
Author | : Fred Nadis |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2005-01-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780813541211 |
ISBN-13 | : 0813541212 |
Rating | : 4/5 (212 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Wonder Shows by : Fred Nadis
Download or read book Wonder Shows written by Fred Nadis and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-13 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Wonder Shows, Fred Nadis offers a colorful history of these traveling magicians, inventors, popular science lecturers, and other presenters of “miracle science” who revealed science and technology to the public in awe-inspiring fashion. The book provides an innovative synthesis of the history of performance with a wider study of culture, science, and religion from the antebellum period to the present.