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

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 scientific literature of animal cognition, learning, and communications-to offer a study of elephants as act...

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Main Author:	Nance, Susan
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 Baltimore : 2013, ©2013 Baltimore : [2013]
Series:	Animals, history, culture
Subjects:	1800 - 1899 1800-1899 19th century Animal welfare > United States > History > 19th century Captive elephants > United States > History > 19th century Circus animals > United States > History > 19th century Circus > United States > History > 19th century Elephants > United States > History > 19th century Animal welfare Circus animals Circus Elephants History United States

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