{"product_id":"indians-animals-and-the-fur-trade-a-critique-of-keepers-of-the-game-paperback","title":"Indians, Animals, and the Fur Trade: A Critique of Keepers of the Game - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShepard Krech\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCharles M. Hudson\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eCharles A. Bishop\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the motivations of Indians involved in the fur trade, the contributors to this volume challenge the spiritualist interpretation set forth by Calvin Martin in \u003ci\u003eKeepers of the Game\u003c\/i\u003e, which dismisses the lure of European goods--the power and leisure that firearms and other tools afforded the Indians--and instead attributes the Indians' willingness to overkill wildlife to the epidemics that decimated their ranks, that not only shattered their religious bonds with game but also unleashed a furious revenge against the animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHEPARD KRECH III is a professor of anthropology and director of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University. He is a past president of the American Society for Ethnohistory and has been a fellow and trustee of the National Humanities Center. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Ecological Indian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of World Environmental History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45762689925317,"sku":"9780820331508","price":43.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/a0hWTld2L0Z2NThlUUxValZEQnFIZz09.webp?v=1770357010","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/indians-animals-and-the-fur-trade-a-critique-of-keepers-of-the-game-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}