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Shooting a Tiger

- Big-Game Hunting and Conservation in Colonial India

Om Shooting a Tiger

This work studies the history of imperial hunting and conservation in colonial India from the end of the eighteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. It analyses early colonial hunting during the Company period going on to survey, in depth, different aspects of hunting during the high imperial decades. Based on original, printed, and secondary sources, it examines hunting at various social and ethnic levels, and also in different geographical contexts.In doing so, the author covers vast ground, including about the rituals, the variety of prey, the hierarchies of animals shot and hunted, the technology of firearms, the forms of hunting on horseback, and the introduction of hunting with hounds.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780199489381
  • Bindende:
  • Hardback
  • Sider:
  • 452
  • Utgitt:
  • 13. desember 2018
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 223x150x32 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 582 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
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Leveringstid: 2-4 uker
Forventet levering: 23. november 2024

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This work studies the history of imperial hunting and conservation in colonial India from the end of the eighteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. It analyses early colonial hunting during the Company period going on to survey, in depth, different aspects of hunting during the high imperial decades. Based on original, printed, and secondary sources, it examines hunting at various social and ethnic levels, and also in different geographical contexts.In doing so, the author covers vast ground, including about the rituals, the variety of prey, the hierarchies of animals shot and hunted, the technology of firearms, the forms of hunting on horseback, and the introduction of hunting with hounds.

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