Hunting Africa British sport, African knowledge and the nature of empire / Angela Thompsell, Assistant Professor of History, The College at Brockport, SUNY, USA.

Author/creator Thompsell, Angela, 1979-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Descriptionxiii, 229 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects
Big game hunting--Africa. --History. --19th century.
Big game hunting--Africa. --History. --20th century.
Big game hunting--Political aspects. --Africa. --History. --19th century.
Big game hunting--Political aspects. --Africa. --History. --20th century.
Big game hunting--Social aspects. --Africa. --History. --19th century.
Big game hunting--Social aspects. --Africa. --History. --20th century.
Big game hunters--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Big game hunters--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.

Contents Reconsidering hunting as a site of masculine and imperial domination -- Real men, savage nature : the rise of African big game hunting -- The bitter thraldom of dependence : negotiating the hunt -- Guns and reeds : Africanizing British big game hunting -- Lady lion hunters : an imperial femininity -- To make a fetish of roughing it : remembering hunting in the age of safari, 1900-1914 -- Imperial mastery.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 198-214) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015021876
ISBN9781137494429 (hbk)

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