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Whales and Nations: Environmental Diplomacy on the High Seas

English

By (author): Kurkpatrick Dorsey

Before 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 rationalwhat today would be called sustainablewhaling 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 todays pressing questions of global environmental cooperation and sustainability.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 476g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Mar 2016
  • Publisher: University of Washington Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780295995595

About Kurkpatrick Dorsey

Kurkpatrick Dorsey is professor of history at the University of New Hampshire.

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