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Entertaining elephants : animal agency and the business of the American circus /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
The Johns Hopkins University Press,
2013
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| Colección: | Animals, history, culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 294 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-288) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1421408732 9781421408736 |