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Fishing

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Fishing

By Brian Fagan

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About the book

Humanity's last major source of food from the wild, and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilization In this history of fishing-not as sport but as sustenance-archaeologist and best-selling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an indispensable and often overlooked element in the growth of civilization. It sustainably provided enough food to allow cities, nations, and empires to grow, but it did so with a different emphasis. Where agriculture encouraged stability, fishing demanded m...Show more

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ISBN

9780300240047

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published year

2018

Language

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1

Original title

Fishing

Format

Paperback

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