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Hunting: A Cultural History (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Paperback – October 4, 2022
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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.
- Print length248 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherThe MIT Press
- Publication dateOctober 4, 2022
- Dimensions5 x 0.64 x 7 inches
- ISBN-10026254329X
- ISBN-13978-0262543293
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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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- Publisher : The MIT Press (October 4, 2022)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 248 pages
- ISBN-10 : 026254329X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0262543293
- Item Weight : 8.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 5 x 0.64 x 7 inches
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Worth a read for everyone who enjoys the outdoors.