On with the show! : the first century of show business in America / Robert C. Toll.

The roots of American show business
P.T. Barnum: father of American show business
The greatest show on earth!
The minstrel show: show biz in blackface
A place to be somebody?: Negroes in show business
Plays for the people
The evolution of musical comedy
The girlie show: from statuary to striptease
Only skin deep: the impersonators
The vaudeville show: something for everybody
Florenz Ziegfeld and his follies.