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Resistance To Hunting In Pre-Independence India: Religious Environmentalism, Ecological Nationalism Or Cultural Conservation?, Ezra Rashkow
Resistance To Hunting In Pre-Independence India: Religious Environmentalism, Ecological Nationalism Or Cultural Conservation?, Ezra Rashkow
Department of History Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
This article presents new evidence with which to evaluate the validity of the popular picture of religious environmentalism in India. It examines accounts of a large number of incidents described in Indian language newspapers, the colonial archive, and hunting literature published between the 1870s and 1940s, in which British and other sportsmen clashed with villagers in India while out hunting. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the colonial sports-hunting obsession was in its heyday, but opposition to hunting across India was also mounting. Rural villagers, in particular, were often willing to become involved in physical combat with hunters, …
Idealizing Inhabited Wilderness: A Revision To The History Of Indigenous Peoples And National Parks, Ezra Rashkow
Idealizing Inhabited Wilderness: A Revision To The History Of Indigenous Peoples And National Parks, Ezra Rashkow
Department of History Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Whereas most histories of national parks and indigenous peoples have largely focused on dispossession of resident populations in the making of uninhabited wilderness areas, this article surveys the problematic history of the idea of preserving human communities today referred to as ‘indigenous’ in parks. In the very first-ever call for a national park, as well as in frequent proposals for national parks throughout the 19th, 20th, and now the 21st century, protected areas have been envisioned as places of conservation, study, and display not only of endangered species but also of human groups perceived to be endangered. Drawing on cases …
"How The Germans Became White Southerners: German Immigrants And African Americans In Charleston, South Carolina, 1860-1880", Jeff Strickland
"How The Germans Became White Southerners: German Immigrants And African Americans In Charleston, South Carolina, 1860-1880", Jeff Strickland
Department of History Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
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The Rise Of The Golden City: Los Angeles In The Twentieth Century, Leslie Wilson
The Rise Of The Golden City: Los Angeles In The Twentieth Century, Leslie Wilson
Department of History Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
At the turn of the twentieth century, Los Angeles was poised to become the premier city on the West Coast.Within thirty years, the boosters, businessmen, and politicians made it a reality. These people believed that the twentieth century belonged to the city of Los Angeles, and they propelled the city into the forefront. They did so by constructing a massive aqueduct system; annexing lands to the east, west, and south of its original borders; developing a harbor; building a massive infrastructure including roads and rail lines; instituting the nation’s first zoning laws; and fostering financial investment. By 1930, the city …