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Preface by Marius Kwint. Translated by Augusta Dörr. London and New York: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2018. 240 pp. Illustrations, glossary, and select bibliography. $40.00 (hb) . ISBN 9781350043107.  \nReview by Kimberly Musial Datchuk, University of Iowa.  \nPascal Jacob undertakes the ambitious task of detailing the history of the circus from antiquity to the present in The Circus: A Visual History. Using poster advertisements, manuscript pages, and paintings to tell the story, he ties the circus’s development from prehistoric hunters’ ritual dances to today’s modern spectacle. The richly illustrated volume reveals a new picture with every turn of the page, and as such has appeal for both general audiences and scholars. Many of the artworks date from the nineteenth century, but some are from as early as the thirteenth century. Jacob’s precise language gives his writing a specificity that manages not to get lost in the details (he even includes a glossary for those unfamiliar with circus vocabulary) . He credits his readers with intelligence without abandoning them to jargon or unnecessary flourishes in his prose. Situating the various early iterations of the circus in historical moments, he relates changes in the circus to developments in trade, social concerns, and the never-ending quest for order and power. However informative the socio-political context is to understanding the circus’s transformation, the unfortunate absence of footnotes and presence of only a brief bibliography limit the text’s usefulness to scholars.  \nIn 240 pages, Jacob presents a logical and clear narrative of the circus. The breadth of topics covered in these relatively few pages means that he frequently moves from one time and location to another, a maneuver he nimbly performs. Because he does not have the space to analyze subjects deeply, one finds oneself with a basic understanding of the key historical conditions that shaped the circus’s development and the major players as they formed a more or less teleological progression from the Ancient Roman circus to that of today. Jacob would surely acknowledge that the events and people that molded the circus into its current state did not move in unison toward a singular goal, although one would find it difficult to articulate the circus’s more complicated history from this text alone. However, such a detailed history is not the purpose of this book. Indeed, the text can seem secondary to the beautiful illustrations (and the book is subtitled “A Visual History”) .  \nAlthough Jacob ostensibly wrote a complete history of the circus throughout the world from antiquity to the present, he emphasizes Western European and American circus traditions and skews toward the eighteenth century onward. Jacob does not avoid Eastern Europe and Asia entirely--he explains the Indian origins of the Romani and Gypsies in chapter one and devotes  \nsections of the last chapter to the former Soviet Union and China--but he does not give them equal treatment. In such a book, one must make choices to focus on certain aspects of the circus’s history over others; and undoubtedly, the holdings of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, which houses most of the artworks reproduced, contributed to Jacob’s decisions.  \nIn the introduction, Jacob suggests the circus is an innately human entertainment. He views itas a microcosm of the human experience, “a metaphor for the world”with its richness, risk, conviviality, pleasure, and danger (p. 13) . At moments like these, Jacob’s passion for the circus shines, although it may blind him to the particularity of his passion, causing him to overstate the impact of the circus on the casual circus-goer or reader.  \nIn each chapter, Jacob covers significant ground, but none so much as in the first chapter. Spanning antiquity to 1770, he begins with the origins of the circus in Ancient Rome where rulers capital","cbCaiovfgmokubSG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiovfgmokubSG","pdf",89860,"English","# Review Overview\n## Coverage and Narrative Structure\n## Scope and Regional Focus\n## Strengths and Scholarly Limits","[{\"question\":\"What book is reviewed, and who wrote it?\",\"answer\":\"The review discusses Pascal Jacob’s The Circus: A Visual History.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the review describe the book’s approach and strengths?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes a logical narrative and richly illustrated presentation, with precise writing and a glossary to support readers unfamiliar with circus vocabulary.\"},{\"question\":\"What limitations does the review mention for scholars?\",\"answer\":\"It notes the absence of footnotes and the presence of only a brief bibliography, which reduces usefulness for scholarly work.\"}]","H-France Review - Vol. 19 - No. 194 - Book Review | PDF",1790642013]