| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 220 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-213) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: Dangerous Neighbors / by Jesse C. Donahue -- 1. Bitten: Poor Americans and Snakes -- 2. Cures: The Strange and Often Painful Treatment for Snakebite Before American Antivenin -- 3. Antivenin: Bringing the Real Cure to the United States -- 4. On Stage: Traveling Acts, Circuses and Zoos -- 5. On Screen: Snakes in the Movies, Reality Television and Documentaries -- 6. In Jesus' Name: Holiness and the Handling of Serpents -- Conclusion: Has Anything Changed? |
| Summary |
"Focusing primarily on American culture and history from the 1800s, this study draws on a wide range of sources--including newspaper archives, medical journals, and archives from the Smithsonian Institute--to examine the complex relationship between snakes and humans"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Snakes -- United States -- History.
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Human-animal relationships.
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Animals and history.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Fish. |
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ichthyology & Herpetology. |
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Animals and history. |
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Human-animal relationships. |
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Snakes. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Shaw-Draves, Conor, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Donahue, Jesse. Snakes in American culture. Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2019] 9781476662657 (DLC) 2018058333 (OCoLC)1078971465 |
| ISBN |
9781476634531 (electronic bk.) |
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147663453X (electronic bk.) |
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9781476662657 |
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1476662657 |
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