Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Prologue: 1961
1 Haunted
2 Mr. Yecker Opens a Theater: 1866
3 The Killing of the Conestogas: 1763
4 Sacred Space
5 Mr. Hager Builds a Hall: 1852
6 “What Has the North to Do with Slavery?”: 1852–1861
7 Interlude
8 Theater of War: 1861–1865
9 Mr. Yecker Opens an Opera House: 1873
10 In Transit
11 Buffalo Bill and the American West: 1873–1882
12 Memory Machine
13 The Minstrel’s Mask: 1852–1927
14 Empty Space
15 Players: 1886–1893
16 Women’s Work: 1870–1931
17 Cartography
18 Images, Moving and Still: 1896–1930
19 Ghost Dance: 1896–1997
Epilogue: 2008
Notes
Bibliography
Index