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Author:

Darby, Andrew.

Title:

Harpoon : into the heart of whaling / Andrew Darby.

Publisher:

Da Capo Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xix, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Whaling--History.
Whaling--Environmental aspects.
Whales--Ecology.
International Whaling Commission.
Whaling--Japan.

Notes:

Originally published: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-291) and index.

Contents:

Index. Introduction -- 17. Right -- 1. Bones of the past -- 2. Counting absence -- pt. 2. Blue -- 3. To the brink -- 4. Making margarine -- 5. Heroic liars -- 6. Whaling for pygmies -- pt. 3. Sperm -- 7. Moby's click -- 8. Waking the village -- 9. Hearts and minds -- pt. 4. Minke -- 10. A dozen dead oceans -- 11. Brave new science -- 12. Being Japanese -- 13. Keiko goes home -- pt. 5. Humpback -- 14. Explosion and its meaning -- 15. Fishing for countries -- 16. Normality -- 17. Voyages -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

ISBN:

0306816296
9780306816291

OCLC:

(OCoLC)176894848

LCCN:

2008298506

Locations:

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

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk) — 639.28 D213h

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)