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Animal Modernity: Jumbo the Elephant and the Human Dilemma Jumbo the Elephant and the Human Dilemma by Nance, Susan; is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Animal Modernity: Jumbo the Elephant and the Human Dilemma Jumbo the Elephant and the Human Dilemma about?
The concept of 'modernity' is central to many disciplines, but what is modernity to animals? Susan Nance answers this question through a radical reinterpretation of the life of Jumbo the elephant. In the 1880s, consumers, the media, zoos, circuses and taxidermists, and (unknowingly) Jumbo himself, transformed the elephant from an orphan of the global ivory trade and zoo captive into a distracting international celebrity. Citizens on two continents imaged Jumbo as a sentient individual and pet, b
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Nance, Susan;
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781137562081
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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