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Beschreibung
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 [...] 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.
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 [...] 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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780199489381
ISBN-10: 0199489386
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Mandala, Vijaya Ramadas
Hersteller: OXFORD UNIV PR
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 221 x 145 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Vijaya Ramadas Mandala
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.03.2019
Gewicht: 0,59 kg
Artikel-ID: 114871225