Jason M. Colby (Associate Professor Associate Professor of History

Orca

How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Orcas are the most controversial display animal in history. But how did we come to care about them in the first place? Drawing upon previously unavailable documents and interviews, this book explores our love affair with killer whales, and its impact on science, the marine park industry, and modern environmentalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780190088361
• ISBN-10: 0190088362
• Artikelnr.: 57825213

Autorenporträt

Jason M. Colby is associate professor of environmental and international history at the University of Victoria. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, and raised in the Seattle area, he worked as a commercial fisherman in Alaska and Washington State. He is the author of The Business of Empire: United Fruit, Race, and US Expansion in Central America.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. "The Most Terrible Jaws Afloat"
2. The Old Northwest
3. Griffin's Quest
4. Murray Newman and Moby Doll
5. Namu's Journey
6. A Boy and His Whale
7. Fishing for Orcas
8. Skana and the Hippie
9. The Whales of Pender Harbor
10. Supply and Demand
11. The White Whale
12. The Penn Cove Roundup
13. Whaling in the New Northwest
14. Big Government and Big Business
15. The Legend of Mike Bigg
16. "All Hell Broke Loose"
17. New Frontiers
18. Haida's Song
19. The Legacy of Capture
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index