Whales & nations : (Record no. 145467)
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| control field | CaPaEBR |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9780295993119 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780295804941 (e-book) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | CaPaEBR |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| -- | pn |
| Transcribing agency | CaPaEBR |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)872700369 |
| 050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | SH383 |
| Item number | .D67 2014eb |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.3/7295 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dorsey, Kurkpatrick. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Whales & nations : |
| Remainder of title | environmental diplomacy on the high seas / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Kurkpatrick Dorsey. |
| 246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Whales and nations |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Seattle : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | University of Washington Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | [2013] |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | �2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (391 pages) : |
| Other physical details | map. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Weyerhaeuser environmental books |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Foreword / by William Cronon -- A Global Industry and Global Challenges -- The Pelagic and the Political -- World War and the World's Whales -- Cheaters Sometimes Prosper -- Melting Down and Muddling Through -- Save the Whales (for Later) -- The End of Commercial Whaling -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Whaling Data, 1904-1965. |
| 520 2# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Before commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, environmentalists, and sometimes even whalers themselves had attempted to create an international regulatory framework that would allow for a sustainable whaling industry. In Whales and Nations, Kurkpatrick Dorsey tells the story of the international negotiation, scientific research, and industrial development behind these efforts--and their ultimate failure. Whales and Nations begins in the early twentieth century, when new technology revived the fading whaling industry and made whale hunting possible on an unprecedented scale. By the 1920s, declining whale populations prompted efforts to develop 'rational'--what today would be called sustainable--whaling practices. But even though almost everyone involved with commercial whaling knew that the industry was on an unsustainable path, Dorsey argues that powerful economic, political, and scientific forces made failure nearly inevitable. Based on a deep engagement with diplomatic history, Whales and Nations provides a unique perspective on the challenges facing international conservation projects. This history has profound implications for today's pressing questions of global environmental cooperation and sustainability. Kurkpatrick Dorsey is associate professor of history at the University of New Hampshire; 'This important book is essential for understanding the formation of the first global environmental agreements. It is valuable both as an argument about the failures of sustainability and as an authoritative guide to the people and issues behind the rise of global environmental awareness in the twentieth century'--Jacob Darwin Hamblin, author of Arming Mother Nature; 'Whales and Nations offers a fresh and timely look at the intersection of the twentieth-century whaling industry, international diplomacy, and science and is an important contribution to a topic that loomed very large in the environmental movement at a critical point in its development. It's also a great read'--Helen M. Rozwadowski, University of Connecticut, Avery Point; 'The international politics of whaling underwent seismic shifts over the course of the twentieth century, reflecting complex changes in attitudes toward marine mammals and environmental protection worldwide. This important story has never been better told than in Kurkpatrick Dorsey's new book, which is likely to be the standard work on this subject for a long time to come'--William Cronon"-- |
| Assigning source | Provided by publisher. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on print version record. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Whaling |
| General subdivision | Political aspects |
| -- | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Whaling |
| General subdivision | Environmental aspects |
| -- | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Whales |
| General subdivision | Conservation |
| -- | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Sustainable fisheries |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Whaling |
| General subdivision | Law and legislation |
| -- | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Environmental law, International |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Diplomacy |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | International cooperation |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| 655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Dorsey, Kurkpatrick. |
| Title | Whales & nations : environmental diplomacy on the high seas. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2013] |
| Physical description | xxii, 365 pages |
| Series data for related item | Weyerhaeuser environmental books |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780295993119 |
| Record control number | (DLC) 2013024193 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ebrary. |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Weyerhaeuser environmental book. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10808907">http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10808907</a> |
| Public note | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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