Hunting for empire : narratives of sport in Rupert's Land, 1840-70 / Greg Gillespie ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gillespie, Greg, 1973-

Series:

Nature, history, society.

Nature, history, society, 1713-6687

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Big game hunting--Prairie Provinces--History--19th century.

Big game hunting.

British--Canada--History--19th century.

British.

Travelers' writings, British--19th century--History and criticism.

Travelers' writings, British.

Imperialism--History--19th century.

Imperialism.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--19th century.

Great Britain.

Rupert's Land--Description and travel.

Rupert's Land.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 172 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Narratives of sport in Rupert's Land, 1840-70

Narratives of sport in Rupert's Land, 1840-1870

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Hunting for Empire offers a fresh cultural history of sport and imperialism. Greg Gillespie integrates critical perspectives from cultural studies, literary criticism, and cultural geography to analyze the themes of authorship, sport, science, and nature. In doing so he produces a unique theoretical lens through which to study nineteenth-century British big-game hunting and exploration narratives from the western interior of Rupert's Land."--Jacket

Contents:

An imperial interior imagined The prefatory paradox: Positivism and authority in hunting narratives Cry havoc? British imperial hunting culture The science of the hunt: Map making, natural history, and acclimatization Hunting for landscape: Social class and the appropriation of the wilderness From colonial to corporate landscapes

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-161) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-59336-6

9786612593369

0-7748-5560-6

OCLC:

311308131