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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  
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
Nance Susan  
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Entertaining elephants : animal agency and the business of the American circus / / Susan Nance
Entertaining elephants : animal agency and the business of the American circus / / Susan Nance
Autore Nance Susan
Edizione [1st ed.]
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-9910825916003321
Nance Susan  
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
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
Nance Susan  
Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
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
Nance Susan  
Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
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 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-9910814351403321
Nance Susan  
Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui