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© Peta Tait 2016
© Sydney University Press 2016
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
| Creator: | Tait, Peta, 1953– author. |
| Title: | Fighting nature: travelling menageries, animal acts and war shows / Peta Tait. |
| ISBN: |
9781743324301 (paperback) |
| 9781743324318 (ebook: epub) | |
| 9781743324325 (ebook: mobipocket) | |
| 9781743325001 (ebook: PDF) | |
| Series | Animal Publics. |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subjects: | Human-animal relationships--19th century. |
| Animals in the performing arts--Social aspects. | |
| Animals and civilization--19th century. | |
| Exotic animals--Social aspects. | |
| Animal welfare--Social aspects--19th century. | |
| Dewey Number: | 304.27 |
Cover image: Detail from Claire Heliot, poster by Adolph Friedländer (1903), Circusarchief Jaap Best Collection, circusmuseum.nl
Cover design by Miguel Yamin