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Killing tradition : inside hunting and animal rights controversies /
Is hunting a bygone activity, out of touch with modern life; or is it valuable as an escape from it? Does hunting promote violence, not just to animals, but to humans as well? Is hunting, with its connection to the land and frontier experience, a heritage worth preserving? These questions form the f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Is hunting a bygone activity, out of touch with modern life; or is it valuable as an escape from it? Does hunting promote violence, not just to animals, but to humans as well? Is hunting, with its connection to the land and frontier experience, a heritage worth preserving? These questions form the foundations for discussion in Killing Tradition: Inside Hunting and Animal Rights Controversies. Simon J. Bronner sorts through the issues and goes behind the headlines to examine the basis of this hotly-charged subject. Using case studies as evidence, Bronner looks at a topic at the center of modern. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 304 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-290) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813126418 081312641X 9780813138602 0813138604 9780813135007 0813135001 |