Ryan Tucker Jones

Empire of Extinction

Russians and the North Pacific's Strange Beasts of the Sea, 1741-1867

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Produktbeschreibung

Empire of Extinction examines the environmental catastrophe resulting from Russia's expansion into the North Pacific., causing Russians and other Europeans to recognize the threat of species extinction for the first time. This book demonstrates the importance of the North Pacific both for the Russian empire and for global environmental history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 164mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 606g
• ISBN-13: 9780199343416
• ISBN-10: 0199343411
• Artikelnr.: 40207197

Autorenporträt

Ryan Tucker Jones is Assistant Professor of History at Idaho State University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Introduction The Meanings of Steller and His Sea Cow
* 1. The Second Kamchatka Expedition and the Empires of Nature
* 2. Promyshlenniki, Siberians, Alaskans, and Catastrophic Change in an
Island Ecosystem
* 3. Naturalists Plan a North Pacific Empire
* 4. Extinction and Empire on the Billings Expedition
* 5. Ordering Arctic Nature: Peter Simon Pallas, Thomas Pennant, and
Imperial Natural History
* 6. Empire of Order
* Conclusion Empire and Extinction
* Appendix
* Notes
* Index