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Freak shows - History

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13 works

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    The Victorian freak show : the significance of disability and physical differences in 19th-century fiction / Lillian Craton.

    | Craton, Lillian | Date: [2009]
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    Freaks : Collectie Akimitsu Naruyama : de exploitatie van menselijke fysieke fenomenen in circussen en reizende gezelschappen / Akimitsu Naruyama.

    | Akimitsu Naruyama | Date: 1999
    • Audio

    Disability : a new history. Freaks and entrepreneurs. 3/10.

    | Date: 2013
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    Freak Babylon : an illustrated history of teratology & freakshows / Jack Hunter.

    | Hunter, Jack | Date: 2005
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    The lives and loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton : a true story of conjoined twins / Dean Jensen.

    | Jensen, Dean | Date: [2006]
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Related topics

Abnormalities, Human - History
Congenital Abnormalities
Persons with Disabilities
History, 19th Century
Human body - History
Great Britain
Twins, Conjoined - history

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