The Empire of Nature - Paperback

by John M. MacKenzie (Author)

This study assesses the significance of the hunting cult as a major element of the imperial experience in Africa and Asia. In it, the author demonstrates the racial inequalities which existed between Europeans and indigenous hunters.

Front Jacket

This study assesses the significance of the hunting cult as a major element of the imperial experience in Africa and Asia. Through a study of the game laws and the beginnings of conservation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the author demonstrates the racial inequalities which existed between Europeans and indigenous hunters. Africans were denied access to game, and the development of game reserves and national parks accelerated this process. Indigenous hunters in Africa and India were turned into poachers and only Europeans were permitted to hunt.

Author Biography

Robert Aldrich is Professor of European History at the University of Sydney