{"product_id":"fighting-nature-peta-tait-9781743324301","title":"Fighting Nature: Travelling Menageries, Animal Acts and War Shows","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout the 19th century, animals were integrated into staged scenarios of confrontation, ranging from lion acts in small cages to large-scale re-enactments of war. Initially presenting a handful of exotic animals, travelling menageries grew to contain multiple species in their thousands. These 19th-century menageries entrenched beliefs about the human right to exploit nature through war-like practices against other animal species. Animal shows became a stimulus for antisocial behaviour as locals taunted animals, caused fights, and even turned into violent mobs. Human societal problems were difficult to separate from issues of cruelty to animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApart from reflecting human capacity for fighting and aggression, and the belief in human dominance over nature, these animal performances also echoed cultural fascination with conflict, war and colonial expansion, as the grand spectacles of imperial power reinforced state authority and enhanced public displays of nationhood and nationalistic evocations of colonial empires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFighting Nature\u003c\/em\u003e is an insightful analysis of the historical legacy of 19th-century colonialism, war, animal acquisition and transportation. This legacy of entrenched beliefs about the human right to exploit other animal species is yet to be defeated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peta Tait\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1743324308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781743324301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sydney University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.64d","brand":"Peta Tait","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311086784767,"sku":"9781743324301","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_522447b0-8af7-40f8-8325-8ae9859c4a5a.jpg?v=1730888074","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fighting-nature-peta-tait-9781743324301","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}