Hunting for Empire

A distinct contribution to a growing body of work interrogating the origins, character, and functioning of imperial knowledge systems in colonial spaces ... Neither unreflexively 'traditional' nor unabashedly deconstructionist in its approach, Hunting for Empire helps point the way toward a vigorous and vital history for the twenty-first century. -- From the Foreword by Graeme Wynn An innovative examination of material not often covered in Canadian historiography ... By situating the discussion so effectively in the context of current work in cultural history, Hunting for Empire provides an excellent way of encouraging readers to examine published materials in a new light. -- Colin Coates, Canada Research Chair in Cultural Landscapes, York University

Offers a fresh cultural history of sport and imperialism. focusing on nineteenth-century British big-game hunting and exploration narratives from the western interior of Rupert’s Land.

Hunting for Empire offers a fresh cultural history of sportand imperialism. Greg Gillespie integrates critical perspectives fromcultural studies, literary criticism, and cultural geography to analyzethe themes of authorship, sport, science, and nature. In doing so heproduces a unique theoretical lens through which to studynineteenth-century British big-game hunting and exploration narrativesfrom the western interior of Rupert’s Land.

Sharply written and evocatively illustrated, Hunting forEmpire will appeal to students and scholars of culture, sport,geography, and history, and to general readers interested in stories ofhunting, empire, and the Canadian wilderness.