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Summary: "Come one, Come all!"
Review: Here's a delightful and informative reference written in a breezy style and enhanced by a keen insight into popular culture and entertainment.
A terrific historical overview of a forgotten genre of education and entertainment, the book has amazing parallels to today's museum extravaganzas - and the author has captured a period and its personalities with aplomb.
A must read for lovers of pop culture, oddities, museums and turn of the century personalities.
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Summary: Lots of words and a good history book on wacky museums
Review: I have read this book more than once. I would have given it 5 stars but it didn't have enuf pictures. Anyway - if you are interested in wacky museums and freak shows - this gives the reader a good background on the subject.
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Summary: Lots of words and a good history book on wacky museums
Review: I have read this book more than once. I would have given it 5 stars but it didn't have enuf pictures. Anyway - if you are interested in wacky museums and freak shows - this gives the reader a good background on the subject.
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Summary: Great history, but could use more analysis
Review: This is a highly detailed history of an unusual topic: American dime museums. Dennett does a good job of examining an institution which combined a thirst for 'useful knowledge' with amusements and entertainment. Her discussions of the economics of running a dime museum are especially interesting.I would, however, have liked more cultural analysis and less fact-listing; more conclusion and less premsies.
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Summary: Great history, but could use more analysis
Review: This is a highly detailed history of an unusual topic: American dime museums. Dennett does a good job of examining an institution which combined a thirst for `useful knowledge' with amusements and entertainment. Her discussions of the economics of running a dime museum are especially interesting. I would, however, have liked more cultural analysis and less fact-listing; more conclusion and less premsies.
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