Animal Kingdoms

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

Julie E. Hughes

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ISBN 9780674074781

Publication: March 2013

320 pages

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

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