Killing tradition
Subtitle: inside hunting and animal rights controversies
By: Simon J. Bronner.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Kentucky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780813125282
Subjects: Animal rights -- United States; Hunting -- United States
Description: "Through extensive research and fieldwork, Bronner takes on the many questions raised by this problematic subject: Does hunting promote violence toward humans as well as animals? Is it an outdated activity, unnecessary in modern times? Is the heritage of hunting worth preserving. Killing Tradition looks at three case studies that are at the heart of today's hunting debate."--Inside jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : taking aim; title: Ritual and controversy at deer camp; title: The pigeon shoot controversy; title: The hare-coursing controversy; title: Epilogue : future shot.