The sounding of the whale : science & cetaceans in the twentieth century / D. Graham Burnett.
Publication details: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012.Description: xxii, 793 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780226081304
- 0226081303
- Whales -- Research -- History -- 20th century
- Whales -- Research -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Whales -- Research -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Whaling -- History -- 20th century
- Whaling -- Law and legislation -- History -- 20th century
- International Whaling Commission -- History
- 599.5072 23
- QL737.C4 B8686 2012
Contents:
Into the belly of the beast -- The prince of whales -- A cetaceous parliament -- Trials of force -- Shots across the bow.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 677-733) and index.
Into the belly of the beast -- The prince of whales -- A cetaceous parliament -- Trials of force -- Shots across the bow.