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Assael's wide-ranging archival research has unearthed intriguing information about circus performers and their working conditions...Scholars of the periodical press will find this study valuable not only for its mining of the press as a resource but also for its thoughtful considerations of method, material practices, and popular culture. --Mary Elizabeth Leighton, University of Victoria Victorian Periodicicals Review This is an intelligent and well-researched engagement with an area of Victorian life that is, if understudied, not of course quite known to us. --Howard L. Malchow, Tufts University American Historical Review This book will constitute an invaluable starting point for any future work, whether in the field of cultural history or theatre studies, on the circus in Britain during this, or indeed any other period. --Helen Stoddart, University of Keele European Historical Review With the high quality of its research, its scope and enlightening insights, and its eloquence, Assel's The Circus and Victorian Society is highly recommended for professional historians, social scientists, and cultural critics, as well as for those generally interested in British history, and the history of culture and art- and of course, for circus fans and lovers. --Yoram Carmeli, University of Haifa H-Net Reviews

This book will constitute an invaluable starting point for any future work, whether in the field of cultural history or theatre studies, on the circus in Britain during this, or indeed any other period. --Helen Stoddart, University of Keele European Historical Review Assael's wide-ranging archival research has unearthed intriguing information about circus performers and their working conditions...Scholars of the periodical press will find this study valuable not only for its mining of the press as a resource but also for its thoughtful considerations of method, material practices, and popular culture. --Mary Elizabeth Leighton, University of Victoria Victorian Periodicicals Review This is an intelligent and well-researched engagement with an area of Victorian life that is, if understudied, not of course quite known to us. --Howard L. Malchow, Tufts University American Historical Review With the high quality of its research, its scope and enlightening insights, and its eloquence, Assel's The Circus and Victorian Society is highly recommended for professional historians, social scientists, and cultural critics, as well as for those generally interested in British history, and the history of culture and art- and of course, for circus fans and lovers. --Yoram Carmeli, University of Haifa H-Net Reviews

With the high quality of its research, its scope and enlightening insights, and its eloquence, Assel's The Circus and Victorian Society is highly recommended for professional historians, social scientists, and cultural critics, as well as for those generally interested in British history, and the history of culture and art- and of course, for circus fans and lovers. --Yoram Carmeli, University of Haifa H-Net Reviews This book will constitute an invaluable starting point for any future work, whether in the field of cultural history or theatre studies, on the circus in Britain during this, or indeed any other period. --Helen Stoddart, University of Keele European Historical Review Assael's wide-ranging archival research has unearthed intriguing information about circus performers and their working conditions...Scholars of the periodical press will find this study valuable not only for its mining of the press as a resource but also for its thoughtful considerations of method, material practices, and popular culture. --Mary Elizabeth Leighton, University of Victoria Victorian Periodicicals Review This is an intelligent and well-researched engagement with an area of Victorian life that is, if understudied, not of course quite known to us. --Howard L. Malchow, Tufts University American Historical Review

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Brenda Assael, Lecturer in History at the University of Wales, Swansea, is the author of numerous articles examining the intersection between performance and Victorian culture and society.

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