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The arts of deception : playing with fraud in the age of Barnum /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cook, James W., 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Popular culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Fraud > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Tricksters > United States > History > 19th century.
Impostors and imposture > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Barnum, P. T. > (Phineas Taylor), > 1810-1891.
Trompe l'oeil painting > United States > History > 19th century.
Magic tricks > United States > History > 19th century.
Robots > United States > History > 19th century.
Description
Physical Description:xv, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-308) and index.
ISBN:0674004574 (cloth : alk. paper)
0674005910 (paper : alk. paper)