text The sounding of the whale : science & cetaceans in the twentieth century
- Summary
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Explores how humans' view of whales changed from the nineteenth to the twentieth century, looking at how the sea mammals were once viewed as monsters but evolved into something much gentler and more beautiful.
- Contents
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Into the belly of the beast -- "The prince of whales" -- A cetaceous parliament -- Trials of force -- Shots across the bow.
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- Description
- xxii, 793 p. : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press 2012
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 599.5072 BUR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| TADL-WOOD | 599.5072 BUR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 599.5072 BUR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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