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Fishing a borderless sea : environmental territorialism in the North Atlantic, 1818-1910 / Brian J. Payne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Payne, Brian J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baitfish fisheries--North Atlantic Ocean--History--19th century.
- Baitfish fisheries.
- Baitfish fisheries--North Atlantic Ocean--History--20th century.
- Fishers--North Atlantic Ocean--History.
- Fishers.
- Social conflict--North Atlantic Ocean--History.
- Social conflict.
- Territorial waters--North Atlantic Ocean--History.
- Territorial waters.
- Fishery resources--North Atlantic Ocean--History.
- Fishery resources.
- Fishery law and legislation--History.
- Fishery law and legislation.
- International economic relations--History--19th century.
- International economic relations.
- International economic relations--History--20th century.
- North Atlantic Ocean--Commerce--History.
- North Atlantic Ocean.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 164 pages) : maps
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Over the centuries, processing and distribution of products from land and sea has stimulated the growth of a global economy. In the broad sweep of world history, it may be hard to imagine a place for the meager little herring baitfish. Yet, as Brian Payne adeptly recounts, the baitfish trade was hotly contested in the Anglo-American world throughout the nineteenth century. Politicians called for wars, navies were dispatched with guns at the ready, vessels were seized at sea, and violence erupted at sea. Yet, the battle over baitfish was not simply a diplomatic or political
- Contents:
- "White-washed Yankees" : the beginnings of the bait trade, 1790-1854
- "Intrusion of strangers" : seeking local control in an emerging national context, 1854-1885
- "A fisherman ought to be a free trader anyway" : the bait trade in diplomatic controversy, 1886-1888
- "Peaceable settlement" : bait and international law, 1888-1910.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-160) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-62895-160-5
- 1-60917-215-9
- OCLC:
- 763142579
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