"The Book of the Red Deer and Empire Big Game" contains a collection of articles written by various authors in the subject of deerstalking in England and Scotland. From detailed treatises on ancient stalking to contemporary speculation about its future, these fascinating vintage articles will appeal to those with an interest in the history of hunting deer. Contents include: "Deerstalking in the Scottish Highlands," "The Deer in the Morning of the World," "Ancient Deerstalking, and Other Notes," "With Sketchbook and with Rifle," "The Red Deer of Galloway," "Some Royal Hunters of the Highland Deer," "Deer and Boar in Gaelic Literature," "An American's Impressions of Deerstalking in Scotland," "The Future of Deerstalking," "The Red Deer in England," etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality addition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on deer stalking

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 19th and early-20th 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. In India, the hunting of animals became the chief recreation of military officers and civilian officials, a source of display and symbolic dominance of the environment. Imperial hunting fed the natural history craze of the day, and many hunters collected trophies and specimens for private and public collections as well as contributing to hunting literature. Adopting a radical approach to issues of conservation, this book links the hunting cult in Africa and India to the development of conservation, and consolidates widely-scattered material on the importance of hunting to the economics and nutrition of African societies.