Title Empire of extinction : Russians and the North Pacific's strange beasts of the sea, 1741-1867 / Ryan Tucker Jones

Published New York : Oxford University Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 296 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction : The Meanings of Steller and His Sea Cow -- 1. The Second Kamchatka Expedition and the Empires of Nature -- 2. Promyshlenniki, Siberians, Alaskans, and Catastrophic Change in an Island Ecosystem -- 3. Naturalists Plan a North Pacific Empire -- 4. Extinction and Empire on the Billings Expedition -- 5. Ordering Arctic Nature : Peter Simon Pallas, Thomas Pennant, and Imperial Natural History -- 6. Empire of Order -- Conclusion : Empire and Extinction -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index Summary Jones examines the causes and consequences of environmental catastrophe resulting from Russia's imperial expansion into the North Pacific. Gathering a host of Siberian and Alaskan native peoples, including the Aleuts, from the early 1700s until 1867, the Russian Empire organised a rapacious hunt for fur seals, sea otters, and other fur-bearing animals, which declined precipitously. This destruction, which took place in one of the most hotly contested imperial arenas of the time, also drew the attention of natural historians, who played an important role in imperial expansion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Extinct animals -- North Pacific Region Steller's sea cow -- Effect of human beings on -- North Pacific Ocean Fur trade -- North Pacific Region Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- North Pacific Region -- History Natural history -- North Pacific Region SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General. Colonies Ecology Extinct animals Fur trade Natural history Nature -- Effect of human beings on Zoology. Health & Biological Sciences. Zoology - General. North Pacific Region -- Colonization -- Environmental aspects North Pacific Ocean -- Environmental conditions Russia -- North Pacific Region -- Colonies North Pacific Ocean North Pacific Region Russia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199373819 0199373817 9780199373796 0199373795 9780199373802 0199373809

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