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A description of many different forms of popular culture in the first half of the 19th century ranging from sensationalized newspapers to dime novels to pseudoscience. Read about Stephen Foster's music, theatrical productions, and even P.T. Barnum's shows.
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adventure tales, dime novel, domestic novel, minstrel shows, phrenology, political newspapers, popular entertainment, sensationalized newspapers, "great moon hoax", american culture (1800-1840), digital history, new national identity, ohio g.hs.19, p.t. barnum, stephen foster, the birth of american popular culture
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