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Entertaining elephants [[electronic resource] ] : animal agency and the business of the American circus / / Susan Nance
| Entertaining elephants [[electronic resource] ] : animal agency and the business of the American circus / / Susan Nance |
| Autore | Nance Susan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina | 636.088/8 |
| Collana | Animals, history, culture |
| Soggetto topico |
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 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4214-0873-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463575903321 |
Nance Susan
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| Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Entertaining elephants [[electronic resource] ] : animal agency and the business of the American circus / / Susan Nance
| Entertaining elephants [[electronic resource] ] : animal agency and the business of the American circus / / Susan Nance |
| Autore | Nance Susan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina | 636.088/8 |
| Collana | Animals, history, culture |
| Soggetto topico |
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 |
| ISBN | 1-4214-0873-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788206903321 |
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Nance Susan
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| Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How the Arabian nights inspired the American dream, 1790-1935 [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Nance
| How the Arabian nights inspired the American dream, 1790-1935 [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Nance |
| Autore | Nance Susan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
| Disciplina | 909/.0974927 |
| Soggetto topico |
Orientalism - United States - History
Performing arts - Social aspects - United States - History Popular culture - United States - History Capitalism - Social aspects - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4696-0578-3
0-8078-9405-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Playing Eastern -- Capitalism and the Arabian nights, 1790-1892 -- Ex Oriente Lux : playing Eastern for a living, 1838-1875 -- Wise men of the East and the market for American fraternalism, 1850-1892 -- Arab athleticism and the exoticization of the American dream, 1870-1920 -- Making the familiar strange : the racial politics of Eastern exotic, 1893-1929 -- Eastern femininities for modern women, 1893-1930 -- Turbans and capitalism, 1893-1930 -- Sign of promise : African Americans and Eastern personae in the Great Depression. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455368303321 |
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Nance Susan
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| Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How the Arabian nights inspired the American dream, 1790-1935 [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Nance
| How the Arabian nights inspired the American dream, 1790-1935 [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Nance |
| Autore | Nance Susan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
| Disciplina | 909/.0974927 |
| Soggetto topico |
Orientalism - United States - History
Performing arts - Social aspects - United States - History Popular culture - United States - History Capitalism - Social aspects - United States - History |
| ISBN |
1-4696-0578-3
0-8078-9405-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Playing Eastern -- Capitalism and the Arabian nights, 1790-1892 -- Ex Oriente Lux : playing Eastern for a living, 1838-1875 -- Wise men of the East and the market for American fraternalism, 1850-1892 -- Arab athleticism and the exoticization of the American dream, 1870-1920 -- Making the familiar strange : the racial politics of Eastern exotic, 1893-1929 -- Eastern femininities for modern women, 1893-1930 -- Turbans and capitalism, 1893-1930 -- Sign of promise : African Americans and Eastern personae in the Great Depression. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778012203321 |
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Nance Susan
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| Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How the Arabian nights inspired the American dream, 1790-1935 / / Susan Nance
| How the Arabian nights inspired the American dream, 1790-1935 / / Susan Nance |
| Autore | Nance Susan |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
| Disciplina | 909/.0974927 |
| Soggetto topico |
Orientalism - United States - History
Performing arts - Social aspects - United States - History Popular culture - United States - History Capitalism - Social aspects - United States - History |
| ISBN |
979-88-908821-8-9
1-4696-0578-3 0-8078-9405-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Playing Eastern -- Capitalism and the Arabian nights, 1790-1892 -- Ex Oriente Lux : playing Eastern for a living, 1838-1875 -- Wise men of the East and the market for American fraternalism, 1850-1892 -- Arab athleticism and the exoticization of the American dream, 1870-1920 -- Making the familiar strange : the racial politics of Eastern exotic, 1893-1929 -- Eastern femininities for modern women, 1893-1930 -- Turbans and capitalism, 1893-1930 -- Sign of promise : African Americans and Eastern personae in the Great Depression. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910962779203321 |
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Nance Susan
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| Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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