Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. List of Tables xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Acknowledgments xvii
7. One On Metaphors and Models 1
8. Part One ON INCORPORATING THE PAST IN THE PRESENT
9. Two Propriety and Property: Hunting, Culture, and Agriculture in Antebellum Carolina 15
10. Three Progress and Poverty: Sportsmen, Agriculture, and Development in Postbellum Carolina 39
11. Four Pursuits and Provincialism: Contemporary County Hunters and Their Concerns 62
12. Part Two ON INTERPETING THE PRESENT
13. Introduction to Part Two 89
14. Five Fox Field Trials: Separating the Men from the Boys by Going to the Dogs 93
15. Six Homed Heads and Twitching Tails: An Interpretation of Buck-Hunting Rituals 135
16. Seven A Bird in Hand: Coveted Covey and Flying Furies 169
17. Eight Small Game for Large Numbers: Stalking Squirrels and Running Rabbits 200
18. Nine Up a Tree: Of Honorable Hounds and Crafty Creatures 231
19. Ten Fowl Play: The Passage from Quail to Quacks 263
20. Appendix A Questionnaire about Wild Animals and Hunting 275
21. Appendix B Questionnaire about Individuals, Family, Community, and Society 279
22. Notes to the Chapters 283
23. Index 317