The world hunt : an environmental history of the commodification of animals / John F. Richards ; introduction by John R. McNeill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richards, John F., author.

Richards, John F., Author of introduction, etc.

Series:

California world history library.

California World History Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--History.

Human ecology.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--History.

Nature.

Hunting.

Animal welfare.

Wildlife conservation.

Wildlife management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presented here is the final and most coherent section of a sweeping classic work in environmental history, The Unending Frontier. The World Hunt focuses on the commercial hunting of wildlife and its profound global impact on the environment and the early modern world economy. Tracing the massive expansion of the European quest for animal products, The World Hunt explores the fur trade in North America and Russia, cod fishing in the North Atlantic, and whaling and sealing on the world's oceans and coastlands.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Maps and Tables

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1. Furs and Deerskins in Eastern North America

Chapter 2. The Hunt for Furs in Siberia

Chapter 3. Cod and the New World Fisheries

Chapter 4. Whales and Walruses in the Northern Oceans

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520958470

0520958470

OCLC:

879946932