The Mortal Sea : : Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail / / W. Jeffrey Bolster.
Since the Viking ascendancy in the Middle Ages, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend upon it for survival. And just as surely, people have shaped the Atlantic. In his innovative account of this interdependency, W. Jeffrey Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us thr...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (366 p.) :; 59 halftones, 7 line illustrations, 2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Prologue: The Historic Ocean
- One: Depleted European Seas and the Discovery of America
- Two: Plucking the Low-Hanging Fruit
- Three: The Sea Serpent and the Mackerel Jig
- Four: Making the Case for Caution
- Five: Waves in a Troubled Sea
- Six: An Avalanche of Cheap Fish
- Epilogue: Changes in the Sea
- APPENDIX
- NOTES
- GLOSSARY
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INDEX