The hunter's game : poachers and conservationists in twentieth-century America /

This book takes a new look at the angry struggles between American conservationists and local hunters since the rise of wildlife conservation at the end of the 1800s. From Italian immigrants in Pennsylvania to rural settlers and Indians in New Mexico to Blackfeet in Montana, local hunters' trad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Warren, Louis S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©1997.
Colección:Yale historical publications.
Temas:
1900-1999
Hunting > United States > History > 20th century.
Poaching > United States > History > 20th century.
Hunting customs > United States > History > 20th century.
Wildlife conservation > United States > History > 20th century.
Wildlife management > United States > History > 20th century.
Chasse > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Braconnage > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Chasse > Coutumes > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Faune > Protection > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
Hunting
Hunting customs
Poaching
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management
Jagd
Tierschutz
Wilderei
Natuurbehoud.
Jagers.
Stropen.
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: going west: wildlife, frontier, and the commons
  • The killing of Seely Houk
  • Boon and bust: Pennsylvania's deer among sportsmen and farmers
  • "Raiding devils" and democratic freedoms: Indians, ranchers, and New Mexico wildlife
  • Tourism and the failing forest
  • Blackfeet and boundaries at Glacier National Park
  • Erasing boundaries, saving the range
  • Epilogue: localism, nationalism, and nature.

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