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Bellwether Histories : Animals, Humans, and Us Environments in Crisis, Hardcover by Nance, Susan (EDT); Marks, Jennifer (EDT), ISBN 029575141X, ISBN-13 9780295751412, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US “A multispecies history of the globalized United States, Bellwether Histories reveals how animals have been ensnared in colonialism, capitalism, and environmental destruction as human decisions created and perpetuated untenable and unequal interspecies relationships. The collection’s authors explore how people misunderstood or ignored animal crises precipitated by habitat destruction and population declines, sudden dependence on human aid, shifts from freedom to captivity, or subjection to overextended management systems”–
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By developing a deeper understanding of animal behavior, Nance asserts, we can more fully explain the common history of all species. 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.
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by | 5 Aug 2026
By developing a deeper understanding of animal behavior, Nance asserts, we can more fully explain the common history of all species. 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.
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Nance draws on current work in animal welfare, behavior, and cognition to imagine the lives of elephants and the generally poor conditions they endured, while acknowledging that many elephant trainers and handlers did the best they could without the benefit of modern research.
