World Hunt - An Environmental History of the Commodification of Animals

" 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"--

Summary

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, this title explores the fur trade in North America and Russia, and whaling and sealing on the world's oceans and coastlands.

Product details

• Authors: John F Richards, John F. Richards, Richards John F.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2014
• EAN: 9780520282537
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28253-7
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: California World History Library; California World History Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; USA, History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / World, General & world history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, United States of America, USA, Western Europe, History: specific events and topics, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Western Continental Europe