Hunting Africa: British Sport, African Knowledge and the Nature of Empire (Britain and the World)

This book recovers the multiplicity of meanings embedded in colonial hunting and the power it symbolized by examining both the incorporation and representation of British women hunters in the sport and how African people leveraged British hunters' dependence on their labor and knowledge to direct the impact and experience of hunting. Drawing On A Wealth Of Primary And Secondary Sources, This Book Explores How Far Imperial Culture Penetrated Antipodean City Institutions. It Argues That Far From Imperial Saturation, The City 'down Under' Was Remarkably Untouched By The Empire. Drawing On A Wealth Of Primary And Secondary Sources, This Book Explores How Far Imperial Culture Penetrated Antipodean City Institutions. It Argues That Far From Imperial Saturation, The City 'down Under' Was Remarkably Untouched By The Empire. Only At Certain Times, Such As During Imperial Crises, Were Citizens Alerted To Their Place As Imperial Citizens, But In Times Of Peace, Operationalising A Sense Of This Identity Was Far More Difficult. Through An Exploration Of Imperial Loyalty Leagues, School Culture, Ideas Of Imperial Federation, Youth Organisations, The Daily And Weekly Press And Popular Culture Of The City, The Book Notes That There Was An Instrumental Approach To Empire On The Part Of The Antipodean Working Class. Imperial Ceremonies And Traditions Failed To Embed Themselves And By The Inter-war Years Internationalism More Generally Challenged Imperial Values. The Roots Of Imperial Decline Are Found In The Inter War Years As Various Aspects Of British Imperial Culture Lost Their Grip. Indeed, Many Had Struggled To Implant Themselves In The First Place. From Imperial Federation To The Empty Pavilion : Empire Sentiment In British Empire Cities 1880-1914 -- Imperial Identity In Antipodean Cities During The First World War And Its Aftermath 1914-30 -- Empire City Or Global City? North American Culture In The Antipodean City C. 1880-1939 -- Integration Or Separation? Attitudes To Empire In The Antipodean Press C. 1880s-1930s -- Uniform Diversity? Youth Organisations In The Antipodes C. 1880-1939 -- Ceremonial Days, Imperial Culture, Schools And Exhibitions, C. 1900-35 -- The Branch Life Of Empire : Imperial Loyalty Leagues In Antipodean Cities C. 1900-39. John Griffiths. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 269-294) And Index. Big Game Hunting Was An Iconic Activity In British Colonial Africa That Has Long Been Associated With The Celebration Of Rugged, White Manhood And Imperial Dominance Over African People And Landscapes. On The Ground, However, The Pursuit Of Game Could Look Quite Different. This Book Recovers The Multiplicity Of Meanings And Experiences Embedded In Colonial Hunting By Examining How African People Leveraged British Hunters' Dependence On Their Labor And Knowledge To Direct The Economic And Social Impacts Of Imperial Hunting, And How They Integrated It Into African Systems And Networks. In Addition, This Book Examines The Experience And Representation Of British Women Hunters. By Analyzing Hunting As It Was Practised On The Ground And Represented In Britain By A Broad Range Of Actors, Hunting Africa Sheds New Light On The Gendering Of Imperial Hunting, The Power It Symbolized, And The Image Of Africa Promoted Through It.--back Cover. Reconsidering Hunting As A Site Of Masculine And Imperial Domination -- Real Men, Savage Nature : The Rise Of African Big Game Hunting -- The Bitter Thraldom Of Dependence : Negotiating The Hunt -- Guns And Reeds : Africanizing British Big Game Hunting -- Lady Lion Hunters : An Imperial Femininity -- To Make A Fetish Of Roughing It : Remembering Hunting In The Age Of Safari, 1900-1914 -- Imperial Mastery. Angela Thompsell, Assistant Professor Of History, The College At Brockport, Suny, Usa. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 198-214) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction: Reconsidering Hunting as a Site of Masculine and Imperial Domination....Pages 1-11 Real Men/Savage Nature: The Rise of African Big Game Hunting, 1870–1914....Pages 12-41 ‘The Bitter Thraldom of Dependence’: Negotiating the Hunt....Pages 42-72 Guns and Reeds: Africanizing British Big Game Hunting....Pages 73-100 Lady Lion Hunters: An Imperial Femininity....Pages 101-133 ‘To Make a Fetish of Roughing It’: Reimagining Hunting in the Age of Safaris, 1900–1914....Pages 134-158 Conclusion: Imperial Mastery....Pages 159-165 Back Matter....Pages 167-229 This book considers the British travelling beyond their isles over the last three hundred years, and through a range of interdisciplinary perspectives reflects on their taste for discovery and self-discovery both through the exploration - and exploitation - of other lands and peoples. 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