Author: Olive Logan
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 658

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Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385420776
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 958

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Author: Free Public Library (Lynn, Mass.)
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 570

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Author: Susan Nance
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421408295
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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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 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, Nance asserts, we can more fully explain the common history of all species. Entertaining Elephants is the first account that 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. The book does not claim that elephants understood, endorsed, or resisted the world of show business as a human cultural or business practice, but it does speak of elephants rejecting the conditions of their experience. They lived in a kind of parallel reality in the circus, one that was defined by their interactions with people, other elephants, horses, bull hooks, hay, and the weather. Nance’s study informs and complicates contemporary debates over human interactions with animals in entertainment and beyond, questioning the idea of human control over animals and people's claims to speak for them. As sentient beings, these elephants exercised agency, but they had no way of understanding the human cultures that created their captivity, and they obviously had no claim on (human) social and political power. They often lived lives of apparent desperation.

Author: Olive Logan
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Category : Actresses
Languages : en
Pages : 648

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Author: Conrad Malte-Brun
Publisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 656

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Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 546

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Author: Steven Connor
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861898827
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378

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Take a deep breath. Air—without it, life on Earth would cease to exist. Though not usually seen, its presence is relied upon. At once both ethereal and physical, air has been associated with flight and spirit, and yet it has progressively become a territory that can be claimed through communications, warfare, travel, and scientific exploration. At the same time, air is no longer a completely reliable part of our daily life: like water, it has become an environmental element that must be watched closely for quality and purity. A Matter of Air investigates the meanings of air over the last three centuries, including our modern concern over emissions and climate change. Steven Connor looks at the human relationship with air, both positive and negative. His explorations include the dangers posed by radio atmospherics, poison gas, and haze as well as our continued fascination with effervescence and explosives. Drawing ideas from religion, science, art, literature, and philosophy, A Matter of Air creates a comprehensive history of the human perception of air. Thoroughly researched and written with wit and quirky enthusiasm, the book will appeal to a wide range of general readers interested in the environment, human history, and our most essential aspects of life.

Author: American Art Association
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1308

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Author: Ronald L. Moyer
Publisher: Troy, N.Y. : Whitston Publishing Company
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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"'American Actors' will be useful for large theater research collections."Library Journal