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OverviewBefore commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, environmentalists, and sometimes even whalers themselves had attempted to create an international regulatory framework that would allow for a sustainable whaling industry. In Whales and Nations, Kurkpatrick Dorsey tells the story of the international negotiation, scientific research, and industrial development behind these efforts -and their ultimate failure. Whales and Nations begins in the early twentieth century, when new technology revived the fading whaling industry and made whale hunting possible on an unprecedented scale. By the 1920s, declining whale populations prompted efforts to develop ""rational""-what today would be called sustainable-whaling practices. But even though almost everyone involved with commercial whaling knew that the industry was on an unsustainable path, Dorsey argues, powerful economic, political, and scientific forces made failure nearly inevitable. Based on a deep engagement with diplomatic history, Whales and Nations provides a unique perspective on the challenges facing international conservation projects. This history has profound implications for today's pressing questions of global environmental cooperation and sustainability. Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QsLlM5KTx0 Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kurkpatrick Dorsey , William CrononPublisher: University of Washington Press Imprint: University of Washington Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780295995595ISBN 10: 0295995599 Pages: 392 Publication Date: 01 March 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword by William Cronon Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. A Global Industry and Global Challenges 2. The Pelagic and the Political 3. World War and the World’s Whales 4. Cheaters Sometimes Prosper 5. Melting Down and Muddling Through 6. Save the Whales (for Later) 7. The End of Commercial Whaling Epilogue Appendix: Whaling Data, 1904–1965 Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsDorsey's prose is careful and meticulous, and facilitates a nuanced understanding of whaling politics... effectively narrat[ing] the history and background of whale diplomacy in a way that should appeal to environmental historians, environmental policy researchers, diplomacy scholars, students, and even active diplomats and policymakers who are concerned with the health of the ocean and global environmental problems.--Chie Sakakibara Journal of Historical Geography (01/01/2015) Written with elegant prose and a wry wit, the book illuminates the many twists and turns of global whaling regulation... This title is an excellent resource for those desiring detailed insight. Choice This interesting and well researched [book]... sheds new light on how the International Whaling Commission developed, and on how it struggled. -- Bjorn Basberg International Journal of Maritime History I am delighted that a book like Whales and Nations exists and that Kurkpatrick Dorsey has written it. He offers us a detailed history of the regulation of whaling from the pre-World War I era up to the present... He is certainly one of the best writers of diplomatic history around. -- Karen Oslund Environmental History Dorsey negotiates a daunting set of complex political, scientific, social, and cultural relationships with enough detail to sustain his points yet still have the narrative move along without too many distractions... Sets a new standard for environmental historians by looking at the diplomatic interactions that tried-and failed-to conserve whale populations. -- Carmel Finley Journal of American History Dorsey's prose is careful and meticulous, and facilitates a nuanced understanding of whaling politics... effectively narrat[ing] the history and background of whale diplomacy in a way that should appeal to environmental historians, environmental policy researchers, diplomacy scholars, students, and even active diplomats and policymakers who are concerned with the health of the ocean and global environmental problems. -- Chie Sakakibara Journal of Historical Geography Author InformationKurkpatrick Dorsey is professor of history at the University of New Hampshire. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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