The hunter elite : manly sport, hunting narratives, and American conservation, 1880-1925 / Tara Kathleen Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Tara Kathleen, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Big game hunting--United States--History--19th century.

Big game hunting.

Big game hunting--United States--History--20th century.

Big game hunting--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Big game hunting--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Hunting stories, American.

Discourse analysis, Narrative--United States.

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Nature conservation--United States--History--19th century.

Nature conservation.

Nature conservation--United States--History--20th century.

History.

Social aspects.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]

Contents:

Introduction

Part one. Tales of the sportsman-hunter. 1. "What luxury it is" : elite hunting enters the Gilded Age ; 2. Fall of the workplace, rise of the hunt ; 3. Making meaning out of moose : constructing the hunting narrative ; 4. The business of narrative ; 5. Whitney rising

Part two. Fellow travelers. 6. Diana's own : women and the big-game hunt ; 7. Sportsmen of the breed : British and American hunters

Part three. Discourse and consequences. 8. Stories of guides and gunbearers ; 9. Dreaming of Howley : conservation and the uses of discourse ; 10. The end of the hunt : conservation and the limits of discourse

Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-335) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780700625871

0700625879

9780700625888

0700625887

OCLC:

1019836182