
Hunting
A Cultural History
MIT Press
Published on 4. October 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-262-54329-3 (ISBN)
Description
"Historical, cultural, environmental, political, global treatment of hunting for the Essential Knowledge series"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
2 figures
Dimensions
Height: 174 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
228 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-54329-3 (9780262543293)
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Persons
Jan Dizard is Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of American Culture Emeritus at Amherst College. He is the author of books and articles on the changing family, race relations, and, of particular relevance to hunting, articles on environmental policy, hunting ethics, and wildlife.
Mary Zeiss Stange is Professor Emerita of Women’s Studies and Religion at Skidmore College. She is internationally recognized as the authority on women and hunting, and specializes in writing and speaking about women, guns, hunting, and ecofeminism.
Mary Zeiss Stange is Professor Emerita of Women’s Studies and Religion at Skidmore College. She is internationally recognized as the authority on women and hunting, and specializes in writing and speaking about women, guns, hunting, and ecofeminism.
Content
Series Foreword vii
1 Man, the Hunter? 1
2 The Hunting Perplex: Killing, Ambivalence, and Dominance 19
3 The Democratization of the Hunt in North American 55
4 From Depression to Affluence: Realigning Our Relationship to Nature 95
5 Living with Wildlife 125
6 Continuities and Contingencies: Hunting in the Twenty-First Century 167
Glossary 213
Notes 215
Bibliography 225
Further Reading 235
Index 237
1 Man, the Hunter? 1
2 The Hunting Perplex: Killing, Ambivalence, and Dominance 19
3 The Democratization of the Hunt in North American 55
4 From Depression to Affluence: Realigning Our Relationship to Nature 95
5 Living with Wildlife 125
6 Continuities and Contingencies: Hunting in the Twenty-First Century 167
Glossary 213
Notes 215
Bibliography 225
Further Reading 235
Index 237