Game in the garden : a human history of wildlife in Western Canada to 1940 /

Game in the garden : a human history of wildlife in Western Canada to 1940 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Colpitts, George, 1964-
Imprint:	Vancouver : UBC Press, c2002.
Description:	x, 205 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Animals and civilization -- Canada, Western. Animals -- Social aspects -- Canada, Western. Wildlife utilization -- Canada, Western -- History. Wildlife conservation -- Canada, Western -- History. Frontier and pioneer life -- Canada, Western. Animals and civilization. Animals -- Social aspects. Frontier and pioneer life. Wildlife conservation. Wildlife utilization. Canada, Western. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4870711

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ISBN:	0774809620 0774809639
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Illustrations and Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Amerindians, Voyageurs, and the Animal Exchange in the Western Fur Trade
2. The Territorial Period, Game Crisis, and the Western Domestication Movement
3. From Meat to Sport Hunting
4. Boosters, Wildlife, and Western Myths of Superabundance
5. Pioneer Society and Fish and Game Protection
Conclusion
Appendix. Independent Conservation Associations in Western Canada
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index