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 |
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 | ||
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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 | ||
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