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Troubled Waters

Hardcover • 2006 • English

Troubled Waters

By Sarah Lazarus

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About the book

This book explores the fates of whales and dolphins and how they became intertwined with human history. The story begins over 1000 years ago when hunters first took up harpoons and went to sea in search of the rich rewards of meat, oil and whalebone. Troubled Waters charts a course through the whaling boom of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the tragic implications of commercial fishing and noise pollution, the controversial keeping of dolphins in captivity, and the current row over Japa...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780565091927

Publisher

The Natural History Museum

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

Troubled Waters

Format

Hardcover

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