Fred Nadis

Wonder Shows

Performing Science, Magic, and Religion in America

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A history of traveling magicians, inventors, popular science lecturers, and other presenters of """"miracle science"""" who revealed science and technology to the public in awe-inspiring way, including electrical """"wizards"""" Nikola Tesla and Thomas Alva Edison, vaudeville performers such as Harry Houdini, UFO cultists, and practitioners of New Age science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 164mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9780813535159
• ISBN-10: 0813535158
• Artikelnr.: 21831238

Autorenporträt

Nadis, Fred

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Preface xi
Part l: Electric Wonders
Introduction 3
1 The Electric Wonder Show 21
2 The Techno-Wizard 48
Part ll: Mystic Vaudeville
3 The Hypnotist 85
4 The Magician 113
5 The Mind Reader 138
Part III: Millennial Wonders
6 The Missionaries 179
7 Flying Saucers 211
8 The Many Gospels 230
Bibliographical Essay 263
Notes 275
Index 307