LEADER 03985nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910452632703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-07480-7 010 $a0-674-07478-5 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674074781 035 $a(CKB)2550000001038976 035 $a(EBL)3301242 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000834891 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11498443 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834891 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10989505 035 $a(PQKB)11108279 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301242 035 $a(DE-B1597)209842 035 $a(OCoLC)828868964 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674074781 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301242 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10664498 035 $a(OCoLC)923119730 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001038976 100 $a20121127d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAnimal kingdoms$b[electronic resource] $ehunting, the environment, and power in the Indian princely states /$fJulie E. Hughes 205 $a1st. Harvard University Press ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-07280-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAbbreviations --$tAcknowledgments --$t1 Introduction: A Leopard in the Garden --$t2 Princely Sport and Good Tiger Grounds --$t3 Exceptional Game in Powerful Places --$t4 Controlling Environments for Progressive Sport --$t5 Martial Pasts and Combative Presents --$t6 Threatened Kingdoms of Dwindling Beasts --$t7 Leaving the Garden --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aOne 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. 606 $aHunting$xPolitical aspects$zIndia$xHistory 606 $aHunting$zIndia$xHistory 607 $aIndia$xHistory$yBritish occupation, 1765-1947 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHunting$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aHunting$xHistory. 676 $a639/.10954 700 $aHughes$b Julie E.$f1978-$01036345 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452632703321 996 $aAnimal kingdoms$92456599 997 $aUNINA