Entertaining elephants : animal agency and the business of the American circus

How the lives and labors of nineteenth-century circus elephants shaped the entertainment industry. Consider the career of an enduring if controversial icon of American entertainment: the genial circus elephant. In Entertaining Elephants Susan Nance examines elephant behavior—drawing on the scientifi...

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Main Author:	Nance, Susan
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore, Md John Hopkins University Press 2013 Johns Hopkins University Press The Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:	1
Series:	Animals, History, Culture
Subjects:	Animal welfare Animal welfare > United States > History > 19th century Circus Circus > United States > History > 19th century Circus animals Circus animals > United States > History > 19th century Elephants Elephants > United States > History > 19th century HISTORY Life Sciences SCIENCE United States Zoology
ISBN:	9781421408293, 1421408295, 9781421408736, 1421408732
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