| The World Hunt: An Environmental History of the Commodification of Animals Contributor(s): Richards, John F. (Author), McNeill, John R. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0520282531 ISBN-13: 9780520282537 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Western Europe - General - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) |
| Dewey: 333.954 |
| LCCN: 2013048538 |
| Series: California World History Library |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |