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Hunting Africa: British Sport, African Knowledge and the Nature of Empire (Britain and the World)
Angela Thompsell
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Description for Hunting Africa: British Sport, African Knowledge and the Nature of Empire (Britain and the World)
Hardcover. This book recovers the multiplicity of meanings embedded in colonial hunting and the power it symbolized by examining both the incorporation and representation of British women hunters in the sport and how African people leveraged British hunters' dependence on their labor and knowledge to direct the impact and experience of hunting. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 229 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1H; HBTQ; JFSJ; KCZ; WSXH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
This book recovers the multiplicity of meanings embedded in colonial hunting and the power it symbolized by examining both the incorporation and representation of British women hunters in the sport and how African people leveraged British hunters' dependence on their labor and knowledge to direct the impact and experience of hunting.
This book recovers the multiplicity of meanings embedded in colonial hunting and the power it symbolized by examining both the incorporation and representation of British women hunters in the sport and how African people leveraged British hunters' dependence on their labor and knowledge to direct the impact and experience of hunting.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Britain and the World
Number of Pages
229
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137494429
SKU
V9781137494429
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99-15
About Angela Thompsell
Angela Thompsell is Assistant Professor of British and African History at The College at Brockport, State University of New York, USA.
Reviews for Hunting Africa: British Sport, African Knowledge and the Nature of Empire (Britain and the World)
“Hunting Africa is a valuable tool for scholars who study late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. … Hunting Africa adds to the field of scholarship on imperial masculinity and femininity. Moreover, Thompsell’s thorough investigation of personal accounts, social contracts, and violence deepens our understanding of the fraught and complex relationship between colonizers and colonized.” (Precious Mckenzie, American Historical Review, February, 2017) ... Read more