Hunting and fishing in the new South : Black labor and white leisure after the Civil War / Scott E. Giltner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giltner, Scott E., 1973-

Series:

Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 126th ser., 2.

The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 126th ser., 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hunting guides--Southern States--History.

Hunting guides.

African American men--Southern States--Social conditions.

African American men.

Hunters--Southern States--History.

Hunters.

Men, White--Southern States--Social conditions.

Men, White.

Fishing--Social aspects--Southern States--History--20th century.

Fishing.

Fishing--Social aspects--Southern States--History--19th century.

Hunting--Social aspects--Southern States--History--20th century.

Hunting.

Hunting--Social aspects--Southern States--History--19th century.

Southern States--History--1865-1951.

Southern States.

Southern States--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Giltner's thorough research using slave narratives, sportsmen's recollections, records of fish and game clubs, and sporting periodicals offers a unique perspective on the African-American struggle for independence from the end of the Civil War to the 1920s.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Hunting, Fishing, and Freedom; 1 "You Can't Starve a Negro": Hunting and Fishing and African Americans' Subsistence in the Post-Emancipation South; 2 "The Pot-Hunting Son of Ham": White Sportsmen's Objections to African Americans' Hunting and Fishing; 3 "The Art of Serving Is with Them Innate": African Americans and the Work of Southern Hunting and Fishing; 4 "With the Due Subordination of Master and Servant Preserved": Race and Sporting Tourism in the Post-Emancipation South

5 "When He Should Be between the Plow Handles": Sportsmen, Landowners, Legislators, and the Assault on African Americans' Hunting and Fishing Conclusion: Contradiction and Continuity in the Southern Sporting Field; Acknowledgments; Notes; Essay on Sources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-214) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-0237-8

OCLC:

941695860

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access