{"product_id":"game-in-the-garden-9780774809627","title":"Game in the Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis intriguing book identifies the imaginative use of wild animals in early western society and shows how attitudes to wild animals changed according to subsistence and economic needs and how wildlife helped to determine social relations among people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart of the challenge of conserving biological diversity in the 21st century, Colpitts argues, will be to grapple with old, utilitarian understandings of nature and wildlife. [\u003cem\u003eGame in the Garden\u003c\/em\u003e] is well and clearly written, a solid attempt at developing those very understandings. -- Terry Glavin * Discovery, Spring 2003 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations and Tables\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Amerindians, Voyageurs, and the Animal Exchange in the Western Fur Trade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Territorial Period, Game Crisis, and the Western Domestication Movement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 From Meat to Sport Hunting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Boosters, Wildlife, and Western Myths of Superabundance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Pioneer Society and Fish and Game Protection Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Independent Conservation Associations in Western Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404908962135,"sku":"9780774809627","price":73.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774809627.jpg?v=1730488017","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/game-in-the-garden-9780774809627","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}