02322nam 2200637Ia 450 991046357590332120200520144314.01-4214-0873-2(CKB)3170000000060717(EBL)3318681(SSID)ssj0000852576(PQKBManifestationID)11516593(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000852576(PQKBWorkID)10852857(PQKB)10823589(MiAaPQ)EBC3318681(OCoLC)834604123(MdBmJHUP)muse25403(Au-PeEL)EBL3318681(CaPaEBR)ebr10661910(EXLCZ)99317000000006071720120907d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEntertaining elephants[electronic resource] animal agency and the business of the American circus /Susan NanceBaltimore Johns Hopkins University Pressc20131 online resource (305 p.)Animals, history, cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-4214-0829-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-288) and index.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.Animals, history, culture.ElephantsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryCaptive elephantsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAnimal welfareUnited StatesHistory19th centuryCircus animalsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryCircusUnited StatesHistory19th centuryElectronic books.ElephantsHistoryCaptive elephantsHistoryAnimal welfareHistoryCircus animalsHistoryCircusHistory636.088/8Nance Susan607945MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463575903321Entertaining elephants1927379UNINA