A savage history : the story of whaling in the Pacific and Southern Oceans / John Newton.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Sydney : NewSouth Publishing, 2013Description: 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1742233740
- 9781742233741
- 639.2809164 23
Contents:
Includes bibliographical references and index.5050 The slaughter of the leviathan -- Whaling in ancient times -- New South whales -- Whaling among the Maori and missionaries -- The business of whaling -- The Pacific capital of whaling -- The floating abattoir -- Exploration and the whaling boom -- The stockbroker and the artist -- Whaling craft -- Life, food, booze and sex -- Women go whaling -- Mechanised slaughter -- The Norwegians in Western Australia -- Ten thousand years of eating whale -- Japan against the world -- End game -- What now for whales? -- Whaleography.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 639.2809164 NEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A511562B |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.5050 The slaughter of the leviathan -- Whaling in ancient times -- New South whales -- Whaling among the Maori and missionaries -- The business of whaling -- The Pacific capital of whaling -- The floating abattoir -- Exploration and the whaling boom -- The stockbroker and the artist -- Whaling craft -- Life, food, booze and sex -- Women go whaling -- Mechanised slaughter -- The Norwegians in Western Australia -- Ten thousand years of eating whale -- Japan against the world -- End game -- What now for whales? -- Whaleography.
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