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Author:

Payne, Brian J.

Title:

Fishing a borderless sea : environmental territorialism in the North Atlantic, 1818-1910 / Brian J. Payne.

Publisher:

Michigan State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xxiv, 164 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Baitfish fisheries--North Atlantic Ocean--History--19th century.
Baitfish fisheries--North Atlantic Ocean--History--20th century.
Fishers--North Atlantic Ocean--History.
Social conflict--North Atlantic Ocean--History.
North Atlantic Ocean--History.--History.
Territorial waters--North Atlantic Ocean--History.
Fishery resources--North Atlantic Ocean--History.
Fishery law and legislation--History.
International economic relations--History--19th century.
International economic relations--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

"White-washed Yankees" : the beginnings of the bait trade, 1790-1854 -- "Intrusion of strangers" : seeking local control in an emerging national context, 1854-1885 -- "A fisherman ought to be a free trader anyway" : the bait trade in diplomatic controversy, 1886-1888 -- "Peaceable settlement" : bait and international law, 1888-1910.

ISBN:

087013874X (paper : alk. paper)
9780870138744 (paper : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)426065972

LCCN:

2009027370

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)