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Hunting for empire : narrative of sport in Rupert's Land, 1840-70 /
"Hunting for Empire offers a fresh cultural history of sport and imperialism. Greg Gillespie integrates critical perspectives from cultural studies, literary criticism, and cultural geography to analyze the themes of authorship, sport, science, and nature. In doing so he produces a unique theor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Vancouver [B.C.] :
UBC Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Nature, history, society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Hunting for Empire offers a fresh cultural history of sport and imperialism. Greg Gillespie integrates critical perspectives from cultural studies, literary criticism, and cultural geography to analyze the themes of authorship, sport, science, and nature. In doing so he produces a unique theoretical lens through which to study nineteenth-century British big-game hunting and exploration narratives from the western interior of Rupert's Land."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 172 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-161) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780774855600 0774855606 |
| ISSN: | 1713-6687 |