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The fairground has reflected many facets of social history, and this book gives an absorbing account of its development from the pagan festivals of ancien Greece to the great medieval trading fairs, and how the various forms of popular entertainment provided at these fairs enventually became the principal attraction.

The autor analyse the three basic elelments of the fair : the Joy Ride, including all the different types of Carousel, Merry-go-round, Whirligig, and Scenic railway : the Joints - that is, the side-shows and stalls : and the transportation used for travelling between fairs. There are chapters on the planning of fairground sites, and on the construction and decoration that are the essence of fairground architecture and remarkable for their spontaneity and diversity of style.