Wonder Shows
| Author | : Fred Nadis |
| Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2005-01-13 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780813541211 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0813541212 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (11 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 336 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.
