Killing tradition [[electronic resource] ] : inside hunting and animal rights controversies / / Simon J. Bronner
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| Autore: |
Bronner Simon J
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| Titolo: |
Killing tradition [[electronic resource] ] : inside hunting and animal rights controversies / / Simon J. Bronner
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| Pubblicazione: | Lexington, Ky., : University Press of Kentucky, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 179/.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Animal rights - United States |
| Hunting - United States | |
| Hunting - Great Britain | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-290) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ; Prologue. Taking aim -- Ritual and controversy at deer camp -- The pigeon shoot controversy -- The hare-coursing controversy -- ; Epilogue. Future shot. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Is hunting a bygone activity, out of touch with modern life; or is it valuable as an escape from it? Does hunting promote violence, not just to animals, but to humans as well? Is hunting, with its connection to the land and frontier experience, a heritage worth preserving? These questions form the foundations for discussion in Killing Tradition: Inside Hunting and Animal Rights Controversies. Simon J. Bronner sorts through the issues and goes behind the headlines to examine the basis of this hotly-charged subject. Using case studies as evidence, Bronner looks at a topic at the center of mod |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Killing tradition |
| ISBN: | 0-8131-3500-1 |
| 1-283-23239-1 | |
| 9786613232397 | |
| 0-8131-2641-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456951403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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