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14%OFFW. Jeffrey Bolster - The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail - 9780674283961 - V9780674283961
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The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail

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Description for The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail Paperback. Since the time of the Vikings, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend on it for survival, and people have shaped the Atlantic. In his account of this interdependency, Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us through a millennium-long environmental history of our impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBTP; KNAF; RGR; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 638.

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 through a millennium-long environmental history of our impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world.

While overfishing is often thought of as a contemporary problem, Bolster reveals that humans were transforming the sea long before factory trawlers turned fishing from a handliner's art into an industrial enterprise. The western ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
637g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674283961
SKU
V9780674283961
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About W. Jeffrey Bolster
W. Jeffrey Bolster is Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire.

Reviews for The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail
The Mortal Sea chronicles the history of the fishing industry in the North West Atlantic over the past 500 years. Based on a comprehensive set of original sources, it charts the fascinating and ultimately disastrous story of how successive waves of European seafarers arrived to take advantage of the fishing opportunities that had become distant memories in their own more ... Read more

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