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The World Hunt: An Environmental History of the Commodification of Animals
John F. Richards
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Description for The World Hunt: An Environmental History of the Commodification of Animals
Paperback. 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, this title explores the fur trade in North America and Russia, and whaling and sealing on the world's oceans and coastlands. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 184 pages, 7 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KBB; HBG; HBLH; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
The World Hunt focuses on the commercial hunting of wildlife and its profound global impact on the environment and world economy. A comprehensive digest of the massive expansion of the European quest for animal products, this book explores the fur trade in North America and Russia, cod fishing in the North Atlantic, and whaling in the Arctic.
The World Hunt focuses on the commercial hunting of wildlife and its profound global impact on the environment and world economy. A comprehensive digest of the massive expansion of the European quest for animal products, this book explores the fur trade in North America and Russia, cod fishing in the North Atlantic, and whaling in the Arctic.
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
California World History Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520282537
SKU
V9780520282537
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About John F. Richards
John Richards was Professor of History at Duke University and editor of Land, Property and the Environment (2001). He was also coeditor of World Deforestation in the Twentieth Century (1988) and Global Deforestation and the Nineteenth-Century World Economy (1983). He died in 2007. John McNeill is professor of history at Georgetown University and author of several books on world ... Read more
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