| Description |
xix, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-291) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : Fin -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Right -- 1. Bones of the past -- 2. Counting absence -- pt. 2. Blue -- 3. To the brink -- 4. Making margarine -- 5. Heroic liars -- 6. Whaling for pygmies -- pt. 3. Sperm -- 7. Moby's click -- 8. Waking the village -- 9. Hearts and minds -- pt. 4. Minke -- 10. A dozen dead oceans -- 11. Brave new science -- 12. Being Japanese -- 13. Keiko goes home -- pt. 5. Humpback -- 14. Explosion and its meaning -- 15. Fishing for countries -- 16. Normality -- 17. Voyages -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Whaling -- History.
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Whaling. |
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History. |
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Whaling -- Environmental aspects.
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Whaling -- Environmental aspects. |
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Whales -- Ecology.
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Whales -- Ecology. |
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Whales. |
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International Whaling Commission.
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International Whaling Commission. |
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Whaling -- Japan.
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Japan. |
| ISBN |
9780306816291 |
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0306816296 |
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