Fisherman''s Problem - Ecology and Law in the California Fisheries, 1850-1980

Klappentext By reconstructing the ecological history of the fisheries during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries! this study develops a new perspective on environmental problems as contemporary observers understood them and on the results of their efforts to deal with those problems. The book concludes with an analysis of significant changes taking place in the 1970s and 1980s in the politics and theory of resource management. By combining a synthesis of recent scholarship in such disciplines as law! economics! marine biology! and anthropology with original research into the fishing industry s history! the book represents a significant new departure in the study of ecology and change in human society. Zusammenfassung The book represents a significant new departure in the study of ecology and change in human society. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The problem of environment; Part I. The Miner's Canary: 2. Aboriginal fishery management; 3. The Indian fisheries commercialized; Part II. Sun, Wind, and Sail, 1850-1910: 4. Immigrant fisheries; 5. State power and the right to fish; Part III. The Industrial Frontier, 1910-1950: 6. Mechanized fishing; 7. The bureaucrat's problem; Part IV. Enclosure of the Ocean, 1950-1980: 8. Gridlock; 9. Something of a vacuum; 10. Leaving fish in the ocean; 11. An ecological community; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur F. McEvoy, Arthur F. (Northwestern University Mcevoy, McEvoy Arthur F.
• Assisted by: Alfred W. Crosby (Editor), Donald Worster (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.1990
• EAN: 9780521385862
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38586-2
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Seh; Studies in Environment and History; Seh
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Washington State, History of the Americas, Washington (US State)