Keepers of the Game, Calvin Martin — 1st Edition

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Keepers of the Game, Calvin Martin — 1st Edition

Name: Keepers of the Game, Calvin Martin — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6614
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Publication: Berkeley, University of California Press, 1978

Formatting: 8vo, pp. xi, 226.

Condition Report: Near Fine. The original dark brown Joanna Arrestox cloth binding remains remarkably tight and structurally sound, with bright, unoxidised gilt lettering to the spine and sharp corners that display no notable shelf-wear or bumping. The text block is exceptionally crisp and tightly bound, presenting clean, unmarked pages entirely free of the foxing or age-toning often found in academic texts of this era. The unclipped dust jacket (priced at $10.95) is similarly well-preserved; it exhibits only the faintest trace of age-toning to the extremities and very marginal rubbing to the spine head, with no tears, chipping, or significant defects, ensuring a highly attractive shelf presence.

Catalogue Note: This is a true first edition, first printing (with the complete number line 1–9 present on the copyright page) of Calvin Martin's influential environmental history. The volume is presented in the publisher's original dark brown cloth binding and retains its original unclipped dust jacket.

The book features a striking bear paw motif to the title page and jacket, reflecting the text's central themes. While academic reading copies of this text regularly circulate on the secondary market, securing a crisp, first-printing hardcover that retains a sharp, untorn, and unclipped dust jacket is becoming increasingly uncommon for discerning collectors of Native American history and environmental anthropology.

In Keepers of the Game, Calvin Martin offers a groundbreaking and highly controversial re-evaluation of the North American fur trade and indigenous ecology. By blending traditional historical archives with ethnographic analogy, Martin aggressively challenges the enduring romantic myth of the Native American as the original environmentalist. He argues instead that the catastrophic introduction of European disease, coupled with the ideological shift brought by Christianity, ruptured the traditional spiritual symbiosis between the hunter and the hunted, ultimately transforming a sacred, mutually respectful relationship into a purely adversarial and ruthlessly economic enterprise.

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Calvin Martin

Book Publisher: University of California Press

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: History

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 226

Book Publication Year: 1978

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: Berkeley, United States

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