Making Salmon An Environmental History of the Northwest Fisheries Crisis
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Joseph E. Taylor III is assistant professor of history at Iowa State University. An environmental historian specializing in fisheries, he has also worked in the commercial fisheries of the northeast Pacific and Bering Sea.Winner of the George Perkins Marsh Award, American Society for Environmental History
<p>"Of the nearly dozen books written about Pacific salmon in the last few years, this is the best and most informative."</p>
Library Journal
<p>"This is a benchmark book in the environmental history of the Pacific Northwest, one that breaks new ground and provides a model for future discussions in the field. . . . Everyone concerned about today’s salmon conditions in the Pacific Northwest and the importance of historical agency in environmental affairs should read this book."</p>
Environmental History
Lists of Maps
Foreword: Speaking for Salmon
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Durable Crisis
Dependence, Respect, and Moderation
Historicizing Overfishing
Inventing a Panacea
Making Salmon
Taking Salmon
Urban Salmon
Remaking Salmon
Taking Responsibility
Citation Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index
"Taylor's purpose is to help us understand just how hard it is to grapple with ecological problems that are also intensely cultural and political and economic. . . . By showing us how complicated the human history of salmon has been in the past, Taylor assembles the essential tools we need for thinking more clearly about its future."
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Joseph E. Taylor III is assistant professor of history at Iowa State University. An environmental historian specializing in fisheries, he has also worked in the commercial fisheries of the northeast Pacific and Bering Sea.Winner of the George Perkins Marsh Award, American Society for Environmental History