Preface
1. Hunting Histories
-World Histories and the World of Animals
-Pursuing Protein
-Pursuing Profit
-Pursuing Power
-This Hunting History
2. Field and Stream
-Who Hunted?
-Where Did They Hunt?
-How Often Did They Hunt?
-How Did They Hunt?
-On What Scale Did They Hunt?
3. Parks
-The Paradise and Its Antecedents
-Hunting Parks at the Core and on the Periphery
-Hunting Parks in East Asia
-The Purposes of Paradise
4. Partners
-Animals Assistants
-Dogs
-Birds
-Elephants
-Cats
5. Administration
-Hunting Establishments
-Success and Safety
-Careers
-Costs
6. Conservation
-Killing and Sparing
-Game Management
-Cultural Constraints
-Species Endangered
-Natural Attitudes
7. A Measure of Men
-Hunting and Hierarchy
-Princely Virtues
-Courting Danger
-Publicizing Prowess
8. Political Animals
-Power of Animals
-Power over Animals
9. Legitimation
-Animals and Ideology
-Threat
-Animal Control Officer
-State and Nature
10. Circulation
-On the Road
-Pursuing Pleasure
-Favors
-The Court Out-of-Doors
11. Intimidation
-Initiating Warriors
-Imitating War
-Intimating War
-Initiating War
12. Internationalization
-Traffic in Animals
-Dogs
-Birds
-Elephants
-Cats
-Traffic in Trainers
13. Conclusions
-History Wide
-History Deep
Notes
Abbreviations and Sources
Modern Scholarship
Index
Acknowledgments
From antiquity to the nineteenth century, the royal hunt was a vital component of the political cultures of the Middle East, India, Central Asia, and China.
Thomas T. Allsen (1940-2019) was Professor Emeritus of The College of New Jersey and author of several books, including Commodity and Exchange in the Mongol Empire: A Cultural History of Islamic Textiles and Culture and Conquest in Mongol Eurasia. His The Steppe and the Sea is also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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