The World Hunt

The World Hunt
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 182
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ISBN-10 : 9780520958470
ISBN-13 : 0520958470
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Book Synopsis The World Hunt by : John F. Richards

Download or read book The World Hunt written by John F. Richards and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented here is the final and most coherent section of a sweeping classic work in environmental history, The Unending Frontier. The World Hunt focuses on the commercial hunting of wildlife and its profound global impact on the environment and the early modern world economy. Tracing the massive expansion of the European quest for animal products, The World Hunt explores the fur trade in North America and Russia, cod fishing in the North Atlantic, and whaling and sealing on the world’s oceans and coastlands.


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