Books : The Hunter's Game: Poachers and Conservationists in Twentieth-Century America (Yale Historical Publications Series)
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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.95490973
EAN num: 9780300062069
ISBN number: 0300062060
Label: Yale University Press
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 250
Printing Date: November 13, 1997
Publishing house: Yale University Press
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Studio: Yale University Press
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This provocative 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.
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Ask any resident of a rural area about hunting season in their community and you're sure to get their favorite stories: the malamute that was mistaken for a wolf and shot by that fellow from New York, or the guy driving back to Boston with a goat strapped to his fender, convinced he'd bagged a deer. The tensions and prejudices between country and city are never more evident than during hunting season, and in The Hunter's Game, Louis S. Warren provides an interesting historical perspective to the subject. According to Warren, until the turn of the century, hunting was unregulated, and for many working-class people it was a way to supplement their family's diet. Then the government intervened, designating wildlife as a community resource that had to be managed, and a kind of war broke out between mostly immigrant communities and the wildlife officers sent to enforce new regulations.
What makes The Hunter's Game more than just an interesting anecdote about a historical event is Warren's persuasive argument that hunter's rights and the government's ability to regulate them is emblematic of the sometimes uneasy relationship between individuals and their government. Nearly 100 years later, balancing the individual's rights with the greater good of society is still a contentious issue on many fronts, and the story Louis S. Warren tells is more relevant than ever.
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A well-written and insightful book by an up-and-coming star in the field of the history of the American West.
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