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Hunting for Empire

Hunting for Empire

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

by Greg Gillespie
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/10/2007

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Hunting for Empire offers a fresh cultural history of sportand imperialism. Greg Gillespie integrates critical perspectives fromcultural studies, literary criticism, and cultural geography to analyzethe themes of authorship, sport, science, and nature. In doing so heproduces a unique theoretical lens through which to studynineteenth-century British big-game hunting and exploration narrativesfrom the western interior of Rupert's Land. Sharply written andevocatively illustrated, Hunting for Empire will appeal tostudents and scholars of culture, sport, geography, and history, and togeneral readers interested in stories of hunting, empire, and theCanadian wilderness.
ISBN:
9780774813549
9780774813549
Category:
Social & cultural history
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-10-2007
Language:
English
Publisher:
University of British Columbia Press
Country of origin:
Canada
Pages:
200
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x20.32mm
Weight:
0.42kg

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