The Royal Hunt in Eurasian HistoryUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 2006 M03 24 - 406 páginas From antiquity to the nineteenth century, the royal hunt was a vital component of the political cultures of the Middle East, India, Central Asia, and China. Besides marking elite status, royal hunts functioned as inspection tours and imperial progresses, a means of asserting kingly authority over the countryside. The hunt was, in fact, the "court out-of-doors," an open-air theater for displays of majesty, the entertainment of guests, and the bestowal of favor on subjects. |
Contenido
Hunting Histories | 1 |
Pursuing Protein | 2 |
Pursuing Profit | 6 |
Pursuing Power | 7 |
This Hunting History | 10 |
Field and Stream | 14 |
Where Did They Hunt? | 16 |
How Often Did They Hunt? | 19 |
Courting Danger | 131 |
Publicizing Prowess | 133 |
Political Animals | 141 |
Power over Animals | 146 |
Legitimation | 160 |
Threat | 164 |
Animal Control Officer | 168 |
State and Nature | 175 |
How Did They Hunt? | 21 |
On What Scale Did They Hunt? | 29 |
Parks | 34 |
Hunting Parks at the Core and on the Periphery | 37 |
Hunting Parks in East Asia | 41 |
The Purposes of Paradise | 46 |
Partners | 52 |
Dogs | 54 |
Birds | 58 |
Elephants | 70 |
Cats | 73 |
Administration | 83 |
Success and Safety | 86 |
Careers | 88 |
Costs | 91 |
Conservation | 96 |
Game Management | 100 |
Cultural Constraints | 106 |
Species Endangered | 110 |
Natural Attitudes | 114 |
A Measure of Men | 119 |
Princely Virtues | 124 |
Circulation | 186 |
Pursuing Pleasures | 193 |
Favors | 197 |
The Court OutofDoors | 201 |
Intimidation | 209 |
Imitating War | 213 |
Intimating War | 222 |
Initiating War | 228 |
Internationalization | 233 |
Dogs | 238 |
Birds | 242 |
Elephants | 252 |
Cats | 254 |
Traffic in Trainers | 260 |
Conclusions | 265 |
History Deep | 273 |
Notes | 279 |
329 | |
Bibliography and Modern Scholarship | 353 |
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Acknowledgments | |