Animal kingdoms [[electronic resource] ] : hunting, the environment, and power in the Indian princely states / / Julie E. Hughes

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452632703321
• Autore: Hughes Julie E. <1978->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2013
• ISBN: 0-674-07480-7; 0-674-07478-5
• Edizione: [1st. Harvard University Press ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 639/.10954
• Soggetti: Hunting - Political aspects - India - History; Hunting - India - History; Electronic books.; India History British occupation, 1765-1947
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: A Leopard in the Garden -- 2 Princely Sport and Good Tiger Grounds -- 3 Exceptional Game in Powerful Places -- 4 Controlling Environments for Progressive Sport -- 5 Martial Pasts and Combative Presents -- 6 Threatened Kingdoms of Dwindling Beasts -- 7 Leaving the Garden -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: One summer evening in 1918, a leopard wandered into the gardens of an Indian palace. Roused by the alarms of servants, the prince’s eldest son and his entourage rode elephant-back to find and shoot the intruder. An exciting but insignificant vignette of life under the British Raj, we may think. Yet to the participants, the hunt was laden with symbolism. Carefully choreographed according to royal protocols, recorded by scribes and commemorated by court artists, it was a potent display of regal dominion over men and beasts alike. Animal Kingdoms uncovers the far-reaching cultural, political, and environmental importance of hunting in colonial India. Julie E. Hughes explores how Indian princes relied on their prowess as hunters to advance personal status and solidify power. Believing that men and animals developed similar characteristics by inhabiting a shared ; environment, they sought out quarry—fierce tigers, agile boar—with traits they hoped to cultivate in themselves. Largely debarred from military activities under the British, they also used the hunt to establish meaningful links with the historic battlefields and legendary deeds of their ancestors. Hunting was not only a means of displaying masculinity and heroism, however. Indian rulers strove to present a picture of privileged ease, perched in luxuriously outfitted shooting boxes and accompanied by lavish retinues. Their interest in being sumptuously sovereign was crucial to elevating the prestige of prized game. Animal Kingdoms will inform historians of the subcontinent with new perspectives and captivate readers with descriptions of its magnificent landscapes and wildlife.

To the right honourable the House of Lords, now assembled in Parliament [[electronic resource] ] : the humble petition of the inhabitants of Lambeth

• Record Nr.: UNISA996392272303316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Printed for J.T., 1643
• Descrizione fisica: 1 sheet ([1] p.)
• Soggetti: Soldiers - Great Britain; Great Britain Militia Early works to 1800; Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Early works to 1800
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Dated at head of text: Presented February 20. 1642.; Complaining of the conduct of Capt. Andrewes' company of Col. Manwayring's Regiment, who interrupt the service and have slain certain inhabitants. Includes the the Lords answer that Warrants were issued for the man-slayers, and that Capt. Andrewes' Company should be removed. -- Steele.; Also contains: The answer of the Lords to the said petition. Tuesday February, 21. 1642.; Annotation on Thomason copy: "Feb. 24 1642".; Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0018