02349nam 2200649Ia 450 991082591600332120240416175022.01-4214-0873-2(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 animal agency and the business of the American circus /Susan Nance1st ed.Baltimore 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.They often lived lives of apparent desperation.Animals, history, culture.ElephantsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryCaptive elephantsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAnimal welfareUnited StatesHistory19th centuryCircus animalsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryCircusUnited StatesHistory19th centuryElephantsHistoryCaptive elephantsHistoryAnimal welfareHistoryCircus animalsHistoryCircusHistory636.088/8Nance Susan607945MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825916003321Entertaining elephants4102333UNINA