Hunting for Empire: Narratives of Sport in Rupert's Land, 1840-70 (Nature | History | Society)
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Greg Gillespie (Author)
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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 and evocatively illustrated, Hunting forEmpire will appeal to students and scholars of culture, sport,geography, and history, and to general readers interested in stories ofhunting, empire, and the Canadian wilderness. 17 b&w photos
About the Author
Greg Gillespie is an assistant professor in theDepartment of Communications, Popular Culture, and Film at BrockUniversity.
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- Contributor: Greg Gillespie
- Imprint: University of British Columbia Press
- ISBN13: 9780774813556
- Number of Pages: 200
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
- Packaged Weight: 304
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
- Release Date: 2008-07-01
- Series: Nature | History | Society
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Greg Gillespie is an assistant professor in theDepartment of Communications, Popular Culture, and Film at BrockUniversity.
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