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Jan Dizard Mary Zeiss Stange

Hunting

A Cultural History

Jan Dizard,  Mary Zeiss Stange

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MIT Press
29 November 2022
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Series: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
"The history of hunting, from Stone Age hunter-gatherers to today's sport hunters.

Hunting has a long history, beginning with our hominid ancestors. The invention of the spear allowed early humans to graduate from scavenging to actual hunting. The famous cave paintings at Lascaux show a meticulous knowledge of animal behavior and anatomy that only a hunter would have. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series traces the evolution of hunting, from Stone Age hunting and gathering to today's regulated sport hunting.

Humans have been hunting since we became human-but did hunting make us human? The authors consider and question the ""hunting hypothesis of human origins,"" noting that according to this theory, ""hunting"" meant hunting by men. They explore hunting in the Stone Age and how, beginning some ten thousand years ago, the spread of agriculture led to the emergence of empires and attempts by elites to monopolize hunting. They examine the democratization of hunting in the American colonies and how hunters decimated, but then, in the twentieth century, rallied to save game animals from extinction. They describe how some European and postcolonial societies have managed wildlife and hunting, consider the difficulties of living with abundant wildlife-even as many nongame species are disappearing-and trace the implications of the increasing participation of women in hunting for the future of hunting."
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Imprint:   MIT Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 178mm,  Width: 127mm, 
Weight:   369g
ISBN:   9780262543293
ISBN 10:   026254329X
Series:   The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
Pages:   240
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Series Foreword vii 1 Man, the Hunter? 1 2 The Hunting Perplex: Killing, Ambivalence, and Dominance 19 3 The Democratization of the Hunt in North American 55 4 From Depression to Affluence: Realigning Our Relationship to Nature 95 5 Living with Wildlife 125 6 Continuities and Contingencies: Hunting in the Twenty-First Century 167 Glossary 213 Notes 215 Bibliography 225 Further Reading 235 Index 237

Jan Dizard is Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of American Culture Emeritus at Amherst College. He is the author of books and articles on the changing family, race relations, and, of particular relevance to hunting, articles on environmental policy, hunting ethics, and wildlife. Mary Zeiss Stange is Professor Emerita of Women's Studies and Religion at Skidmore College. She is internationally recognized as the authority on women and hunting, and specializes in writing and speaking about women, guns, hunting, and ecofeminism.

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