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Autore |
Nance Susan |
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Titolo |
Entertaining elephants [[electronic resource] ] : animal agency and the business of the American circus / / Susan Nance |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Collana |
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Animals, history, culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Elephants - United States - History - 19th century |
Captive elephants - United States - History - 19th century |
Animal welfare - United States - History - 19th century |
Circus animals - United States - History - 19th century |
Circus - United States - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-288) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Why elephants in the early republic? -- Becoming an elephant "actor" -- Learning to take direction -- Punishing bull elephants -- Herd management in the gilded age -- Going off script -- Animal cultures lost in the circus, then and now. |
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