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category: History
published: Jul 2003
ISBN:9780774809634
publisher: UBC Press

Game in the Garden

A Human History of Wildlife in Western Canada to 1940

by George Colpitts

tagged: pre-confederation (to 1867), wildlife, post-confederation (1867-), british columbia (bc)
Description

The shared use of wild animals has helped to determine social relations between Native peoples and newcomers. In later settlement periods, controversy about subsistence hunting and campaigns of local conservation associations drew lines between groups in communities, particularly Native peoples, immigrants, farmers, and urban dwellers. In addition to examining grassroots conservation activities, Colpitts identifies early slaughter rituals, iconographic traditions, and subsistence strategies that endured well into the interwar years in the twentieth century. Drawing primarily on local and provincial archival sources, he analyzes popular meanings and booster messages discernible in taxidermy work, city nature museums, and promotional photography.

About the Author

George Colpitts

Contributor Notes

George Colpitts has his doctorate in history from the University of Alberta. He lives in Hull, Quebec.

Editorial Review

Part 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. [Game in the Garden] is well and clearly written, a solid attempt at developing those very understandings.

— Discovery, Spring 2003
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