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020 | _a9781421408736 | ||
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020 | _z9781421408293 (hdbk. : acid-free paper) | ||
020 | _z1421408295 (hdbk. : acid-free paper) | ||
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100 | 1 | _aNance, Susan. | |
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_aEntertaining elephants _h[electronic resource] : _banimal agency and the business of the American circus / _cSusan Nance. |
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_aBaltimore : _bThe Johns Hopkins University Press, _c[2013] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015) |
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_a1 online resource (viii, 294 pages :) _billustrations ; |
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490 | 0 | _aAnimals, history, culture | |
504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 235-275) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aWhy 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. | |
588 | _aDescription based on print version record. | ||
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_aCircus _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century. |
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_aCircus animals _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century. |
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_aAnimal welfare _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century. |
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_aElephants _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century. |
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_aElectronic books. _2local |
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710 | 2 | _aProject Muse. | |
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_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781421408736/ |
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_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks |
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