Description |
xviii, 374 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Includes index |
Summary |
Concentrates on the fur seals of the Bering Sea and the harp seals of the Newfoundland hunt. Reveals the consequences of an industry's killing of more than 50,000,000 seals in a century and a half |
Analysis |
North America Coastal waters Mammals: Seals Commercial hunting, 1800-1984 |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [319]-361 |
Subject |
Sealing -- History.
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Sealing -- Canada -- History.
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Sealing -- United States -- History.
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LC no. |
85199977 |
ISBN |
0773505784 |
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