Game in the garden : a human history of wildlife in Western Canada to 1940 / George Colpitts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colpitts, George, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals and civilization--Canada, Western.

Animals and civilization.

Animals--Social aspects--Canada, Western.

Animals.

Wildlife utilization--Canada, Western--History.

Wildlife utilization.

Wildlife conservation--Canada, Western--History.

Wildlife conservation.

Frontier and pioneer life--Canada, Western.

Frontier and pioneer life.

History.

Animals--Social aspects.

Western Canada.

Physical Description:

x, 205 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2002]

Summary:

This intriguing book identifies the imaginative use of wild animals in early western society and shows how attitudes to wild animals changed according to subsistence and economic needs and how wildlife helped to determine social relations among people.

Contents:

1 Amerindians, Voyageurs, and the Animal Exchange in the Western Fur Trade 14

2 The Territorial Period, Game Crisis, and the Western Domestication Movement 38

3 From Meat to Sport Hunting 63

4 Boosters, Wildlife, and Western Myths of Superabundance 103

5 Pioneer Society and Fish and Game Protection 125

Appendix Independent Conservation Associations in Western Canada 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0774809620

0774809639

OCLC:

50713652