The rose-tinted menagerie
Subtitle: A History of Animals in Entertainment, from Ancient Rome to the 20th Century
Publisher: Iridescent Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Amazon Kindle ebook
Language: eng
Format: E-book
ISBN-13: 9783952401514
Description: Amazon Kindle ebook edition, with 47 colour and b/w illustrations

From the circus amphitheatres of ancient Rome, to the first travelling dolphin shows in America, Europe and the Far East… From the global trade in wild animals, to the captive chimps and dolphins exploited as tools of war… Through two thousand years of history, The Rose-Tinted Menagerie explores the human attitudes that have shaped our species' conquest-driven relationship with nature as a whole, a psychology as evident in the taming of the wild beast for the circus arena, argues the author, as in the razing of forests or the mass extinction of species.

‘An outstanding investigation…’ — Naomi Lewis, Books of the Year, The Observer

‘A ground-breaking work… of great importance…’ — Tom Regan
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION by Desmond Morris; title: PREFACE by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; title: AUTHOR’S PREFACE; title: I. THE BLOOD-RED MENAGERIE; title: In God’s Image; title: The Dark Ages of Science; title: The Big Top and the Beast Wagon; title: The Menagerie; title: Freaks of Nature; title: The Dolphin Circus; title: The Unlearnt Lesson of Clever Hans; title: Elephants Never Forget; title: II. ENDANGERED SPECIES — IN ABUNDANCE; title: Blind Justice; title: Education and Conservation; title: Natural Behaviour; title: Captive Breeding; title: Triangle of Trade; title: The Beast Wagon; title: Stereotyped Behaviour; title: The Prisoner’s Chains; title: The Endless Journey; title: Reward and Punishment; title: III. JUSTICE UNDONE; title: At the Mercy of the Law; title: Paragraphs Made of Rubber; title: Spotlight on the Law; title: Conflict of Interest?; title: IV. The International Dolphin Dealers; title: The Secret Trade; title: “The Inherent Contradiction”; title: Counting the Dead; title: A Labyrinth of Mirrors; title: International Law; title: The (Educational) Freak Show; title: Kiss of Death; title: Born Captive; title: V. The Global Industry; title: The American Dream; title: South America; title: United Kingdom; title: Lobbying Power; title: An Anathema of Ethics; title: Iceland; title: Germany; title: Italy; title: Switzerland; title: Knie’s Kinderzoo; title: Conny’s Flipper Show; title: The Strange Case of Bruno “Houdini” Lienhardt; title: Animals go to war; title: Bruno “Houdini” Lienhardt (continued…); title: VI. THE FINAL CURTAIN?; title: The Latest Show on Earth; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY