The world hunt : an environmental history of the commodification of animals
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The world hunt : an environmental history of the commodification of animals
（The California world history library）
University of California Press, c2014
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
List of Maps and Tables Foreword by Edmund Burke Introduction by J. R. McNeill 1. Furs and Deerskins in Eastern North America 2. The Hunt for Furs in Siberia 3. Cod and the New World Fisheries 4. Whales and Walruses in the Northern Oceans Index
by "Nielsen BookData"