The culture of hunting in Canada / edited by Jean L. Manore and Dale G. Miner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Manore, Jean, 1960-

Miner, Dale G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hunting--Canada.

Hunting.

Hunting--Canada--History.

Hunting--Social aspects--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 276 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The essays collected here address important historical and contemporary issues regarding the culture and practice of hunting. Topics include hunting identities; conservation and its relationship to hunting; tensions between hunters and non-hunters and between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal hunting groups; hunting ethics; debates over hunting practices and regulations; animal rights; and gun control. The discussion involves consideration of the social, political, and economic context as well as class and racial tensions between sport hunters and subsistence hunters."--Jacket

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

Hunting and Identity

Why I Hunt

Learning to Hunt at the Age of Twenty-Seven: A New Hunter's Views on Hunting

Hunting with Dad

Hunting Stories

The Empire's Eden: British Hunters, Travel Writing, and Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century Canada

Powers of Liveness: Reading Hornaday's Camp-Fires

Hunting and Conservation History

Views of a Swampy-Cree Elder on the Spiritual Relationship between Hunters and Animals

'When the Need for It No Longer Existed': Declining Wildlife and Native Hunting Rights in Ontario, 1791-1898

Contested Terrains of Space and Place: Hunting and the Landscape Known as Algonquin Park, 1890-1950

The Sinews of Their Lives: First Nations' Access to Resources in the Yukon, 1890-1950

The Canadian Wildlife Service: Enforcing Federal Wildlife Regulations

Hunting and Contemporary Challenges

Aboriginal Peoples and Their Historic Right to Hunt: A Reasonable Symbiotic Relationship

Personal Expression as Exemplified by Hunting: One Man's View¹

Gun Control in Canada

A Hunter's Perspective on Gun Control in Canada

The Activists Move West: Recent Experiences in Manitoba

Fair Chase: To Where Does It Lead?

Conclusion: Learning about Passions, Policies, and Problems

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-74127-6

9786612741272

0-7748-5532-0

OCLC:

243577747