Description |
1 online resource (viii, 294 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Animals, history, culture |
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Animals, history, culture.
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Contents |
Introduction : Turning the circus inside out -- 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 |
Summary |
In this book, the author examines elephant behavior - drawing on the scientific literature of animal cognition, learning, and communications - to offer a study of elephants as actors (rather than objects) in American circus entertainment between 1800 and 1940. By developing a deeper understanding of animal behavior, the author asserts, we can more fully explain the common history of all species. This account uses research on animal welfare, health, and cognition to interpret the historical record, examining how both circus people and elephants struggled behind the scenes to meet the profit necessities of the entertainment business |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-288) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Elephants -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Captive elephants -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Animal welfare -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Circus animals -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Circus -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Animal welfare
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Captive elephants
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Circus
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Circus animals
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Elephants
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United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2012023932 |
ISBN |
1421408732 |
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9781421408736 |
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