Empire of extinction : Russians and the North Pacific's strange beasts of the sea, 1741-1867

Author(s)

• Jones, Ryan Tucker

Bibliographic Information

Empire of extinction : Russians and the North Pacific's strange beasts of the sea, 1741-1867

Ryan Tucker Jones

Oxford University Press, 2017, c2014

• : pbk

Other Title

Empire of extinction : Russians & the North Pacific's strange beasts of the sea, 1741-1867

Note

First published in hardback 2014

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-290) and index

Details

• NCID: BB27348534
• ISBN:
  • 9780190670818
• LCCN: 2013047262
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 296 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QL88.15.N69
  • DC23 : 591.6809182/3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Extinct animals -- North Pacific Region
  • LCSH : Steller's sea cow -- Effect of human beings on -- North Pacific Ocean
  • LCSH : Fur trade -- North Pacific Region
  • LCSH : Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- North Pacific Region -- History
  • LCSH : Natural history -- North Pacific Region
  • LCSH : North Pacific Region -- Colonization -- Environmental aspects
  • LCSH : North Pacific Ocean -- Environmental conditions
  • LCSH : Russia -- Colonies -- North Pacific Region