Fox-hunting in the Twentieth Century

Fox-hunting in the Twentieth Century
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Total Pages : 374
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:$B52114
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Synopsis Fox-hunting in the Twentieth Century by : William Scarth Dixon

Six Centuries of Foxhunting

Six Centuries of Foxhunting
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 529
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ISBN-10 : 9781442241909
ISBN-13 : 144224190X
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Six Centuries of Foxhunting by : M. L. Biscotti

Hunting literature had its beginnings as early as the fourteenth century, when nobles hunted stag, bear, fox, and other game on horseback. As foxhunting grew in popularity, literary works that covered the sport flourished, as well. In Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography, M. L. Biscotti has compiled all books produced in Great Britain and the United States that pertain to, or mention, foxhunting with hounds. Arranged alphabetically by author, more than 2000 titles are included. Each entry features details such as place and year of publication, publisher, book size, page count, illustrations, and binding. Nearly every title is also annotated with a description of the book’s contents, and biographical sketches are provided for the most notable authors. Narratives, histories, illustrated works, verse, fiction, and even anti-hunting literature all have their place in this volume. Six Centuries of Foxhunting also features more than thirty images of book covers and foxhunting illustrations. With appendixes that contain author, title, and illustrator time lines, and separate author and title indexes, this comprehensive bibliography is a valuable resource for researchers, book dealers and collectors, and foxhunters.

Foxhunting Adventures

Foxhunting Adventures
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Publisher : Derrydale Press
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 9781461661399
ISBN-13 : 1461661390
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Foxhunting Adventures by : Norman Fine

A collection of thirty-two foxhunting stories populated by horses, hounds, challenging obstacles, and unforgettable personalities. Accompany Norman Fine to Ireland, England, Canada, and across the United States as he meets, hunts with, and is educated by the foremost Masters, huntsmen, hound breeders, and sporting historians of the last fifty years. Fine's stories, most of them previously published in the U.S. and England, are connected chronologically by new material in which the author explains how he came to meet these larger-than-life characters, what role they played in his development from horseman to foxhunter, and how he came to hunt with their hounds.

What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew

What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 422
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ISBN-10 : 9781439144800
ISBN-13 : 143914480X
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by : Daniel Pool

A “delightful reader’s companion” (The New York Times) to the great nineteenth-century British novels of Austen, Dickens, Trollope, the Brontës, and more, this lively guide clarifies the sometimes bizarre maze of rules and customs that governed life in Victorian England. For anyone who has ever wondered whether a duke outranked an earl, when to yell “Tally Ho!” at a fox hunt, or how one landed in “debtor’s prison,” this book serves as an indispensable historical and literary resource. Author Daniel Pool provides countless intriguing details (did you know that the “plums” in Christmas plum pudding were actually raisins?) on the Church of England, sex, Parliament, dinner parties, country house visiting, and a host of other aspects of nineteenth-century English life—both “upstairs” and “downstairs. An illuminating glossary gives at a glance the meaning and significance of terms ranging from “ague” to “wainscoting,” the specifics of the currency system, and a lively host of other details and curiosities of the day.

The Fox-Hunting Controversy, 1781-2004

The Fox-Hunting Controversy, 1781-2004
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 9781317031390
ISBN-13 : 1317031393
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fox-Hunting Controversy, 1781-2004 by : Allyson N. May

August 1781 saw the publication of a manual on fox hunting that would become a classic of its genre. Hugely popular in its own day, Peter Beckford's Thoughts on Hunting is often cited as marking the birth of modern hunting and continues to be quoted from affectionately today by the hunting fraternity. Less stressed is the fact that its subject was immediately controversial, and that a hostile review which appeared on the heels of the manual's publication raised two criticisms of fox hunting that would be repeated over the next two centuries: fox hunting was a cruel sport and a feudal, anachronistic one at that. This study explores the attacks made on fox hunting from 1781 to the legal ban achieved in 2004, as well as assessing the reasons for its continued appeal and post-ban survival. Chapters cover debates in the areas of: class and hunting; concerns over cruelty and animal welfare; party politics; the hunt in literature; and nostalgia. By adopting a thematic approach, the author is able to draw out the wider social and cultural implications of the debates, and to explore what they tell us about national identity, social mores and social relations in modern Britain.

The History of Opposition to Blood Sports in Twentieth Century England

The History of Opposition to Blood Sports in Twentieth Century England
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 230
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ISBN-10 : 9781315399768
ISBN-13 : 1315399768
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The History of Opposition to Blood Sports in Twentieth Century England by : Michael Tichelar

An interdisciplinary social history, this book examines the major pressures and influences that brought about the remarkable growth of opposition to hunting in twentieth century England. With public opinion consistently deciding from the middle of the century onward that hunting mammals for sport was cruel and unacceptable, it would appear that the controversy over hunting has all but been decided, though hunting yet remains ‘at bay’. Based on a range of cultural, social, literary and political sources drawn from a variety of academic disciplines, including history, sociology, geography, psychology and anthropology, The History of Opposition to Blood Sports in Twentieth Century England accounts for the change in our relationship with animals that occurred in the course of the twentieth century, shedding light on the manner in which this resulted in the growth in opposition to hunting and other blood sports. With evidence comprising a mixture of primary and secondary historical sources, together with documentary films, opinion polls, Mass Observation records, political party archives, and the findings of sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists and geographers, this book will appeal to scholars and students across the social sciences and historians with an interest in human–animal relations.

The Fox that Got Away

The Fox that Got Away
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Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015014300746
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Synopsis The Fox that Got Away by : Stephen M. Silverman

This is the inside story of movie mongul Darryl F. Zanuck and his family--a family and a corporation torn from within by greed, envy, and a blind need to control. Filled with high drama, it is a story that will not be soon forgotten. 8 pages of photos.

The Hunts of the United States and Canada

The Hunts of the United States and Canada
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Publisher : Boston : F.L. Wiles
Total Pages : 426
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89066968868
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Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The Hunts of the United States and Canada by : Alexander Henry Higginson

A Short History of Foxhunting

A Short History of Foxhunting
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Total Pages : 144
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ISBN-10 : 1910723592
ISBN-13 : 9781910723593
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis A Short History of Foxhunting by : Alastair Jackson