Leviathan: the history of whaling in America 9780393331578, 0393331571

Red Leviathan: The Secret History of Soviet Whaling 9780226628998

A revealing and authoritative history that shows how Soviet whalers secretly helped nearly destroy endangered whale popu

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In Pursuit of Leviathan: Technology, Institutions, Productivity, and Profits in American Whaling, 1816-1906 9780226137902

In Pursuit of Leviathan traces the American whaling industry from its rise in the 1840s to its precipitous fall at the e

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Contesting Leviathan: Activists, Hunters, and State Power in the Makah Whaling Conflict 9780226657547

In 1999, off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, the first gray whale in seven decades was killed by Makah whalers. The

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Contesting Leviathan: Activists, Hunters, And State Power In The Makah Whaling Conflict 022665740X, 9780226657400, 022665737X, 9780226657370, 022665754X, 9780226657547

In 1999, off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, the first gray whale in seven decades was killed by Makah whalers. The

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Spirits of our Whaling Ancestors 9780295997582, 9780295990460

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Whale Ships and Whaling: A Pictorial History 9780486170305, 0486170306

Over 200 vintage engravings, drawings, and photographs of barks, brigs, cutters, and other vessels. Also harpoons, lance

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A History of Women in America 0553269143

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The Platonian Leviathan 9781442686496

Leon Harold Craig weaves together philosophy, political science, and literature to offer a radical re-interpretation of

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Scientific Uncertainty and the Politics of Whaling 9780295802008, 9780295986050

In this intriguing study, Michael Heazle examines how International Whaling Commission (IWC) policy dramatically shifted

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Love Entwined: The Curious History of Hairwork in America 9780812203400

Using a wide array of evidence drawn from poetry, fiction, diaries, letters, and examples of hairwork, Love Entwined tra

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