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Animal Kingdoms

Hunting, the Environment, and Power in the Indian Princely States

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$49.95 • £36.95 • €45.00

ISBN 9780674072800

Publication: March 2013

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320 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches

12 color illustrations, 5 maps

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    • [List of Illustrations* and Maps**]
    • Abbreviations
    • Acknowledgments
    • 1. Introduction: A Leopard in the Garden
    • 2. Princely Sport and Good Tiger Grounds
    • 3. Exceptional Game in Powerful Places
    • 4. Controlling Environments for Progressive Sport
    • 5. Martial Pasts and Combative Presents
    • 6. Threatened Kingdoms of Dwindling Beasts
    • 7. Conclusion: Leaving the Garden
    • Bibliography
    • Index
    • * Illustrations:
      • 1. Bhupal Singh Shooting Leopard (c. 1930)
      • 2. Fateh Singh with Tiger, Nobles, and Shikaris (c. 1888)
      • 3. Shikari with Tiger and Hills (c. 1888)
      • 4. Fateh Singh, Lord Reading, and Sambar Stags (1923)
      • 5. Detail of Fateh Singh Hunting Tiger (c. 1888)
      • 6. Fateh Singh Hunting Tiger (c. 1888)
      • 7. Bhim Singh, Shikaris, and Boar (c. 1810)
      • 8. Fateh Singh Hunting Leopard (1889)
      • 9. Fateh Singh Watching an Animal Fight (1890)
      • 10. Famine Work at Gajner Lake (c. 1899)
      • 11. Ganga Singh and Lord Hardinge Shooting Crane (1912)
      • 12. Trophy Blackbuck in Bikaner (c. 1927)
    • ** Maps:
      • 1. Princely and British India
      • 2. Princely and British Bundelkhand
      • 3. The Rajputana States
      • 4. Hunting Grounds at Udaipur
      • 5. Hunting Grounds at Nahar Magra