California's whaling coast / Dale Vinnedge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vinnedge, Dale., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whaling--California--Pacific Coast--History--Pictorial works.

Whaling.

California--History--Pictorial works.

California.

Pacific Coast (Calif.)--Pictorial works.

Pacific Coast (Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, facsimiles

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]

Summary:

Yankee whaling, shore whaling, and modern whaling were sometimes occurring simultaneously. Each type of whaling went through periods of discovery, stability, and then a gradual decrease as the products lost their markets or the number of whales began to wane as some species moved toward commercial if not actual extinction due to over-fishing. Small whaling operations from California, called shore whaling, continued from the 1850s until Secretary of Commerce Maurice Stans (1969–1972) whistled down the industry in 1971.

Contents:

Yankee whaling

California shore whaling

Long Beach whaling

California whaling in the 1920s and 1930s

California whaling in the 1940s

California whaling from 1950 to 1971.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127).

OCLC:

900734077