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Author Rieser, Alison.

Title The case of the green turtle : an uncensored history of a conservation icon / Alison Rieser.

Publication Info. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (352 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents From seafood to icon --Turtle kraals and canneries -- Turning turtles on the Great Barrier Reef -- The turtle islands of Sarawak -- The gifted navigators -- The geography of turtle soup -- A turtle flap in London -- The buffalo of the sea -- Who will kill the last turtle? -- Red data for the green turtle -- Reptiles on the Red list -- You lost the turtle boat -- One man's opinion -- Down on the farm -- Conservation through commerce -- The best available science -- A global strategy -- Supply and demand -- Appendix A. The 1966 U.S. classification of Chelonia mydas as rare and endangered -- Appendix B. IUCN principles and recommendations on commercial exploitation of sea turtles.
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Subject Carr, Archie, 1909-1987.
Carr, Archie, 1909-1987.
Carr, Archie Fairly, 1909-1987.
Sea turtles -- Conservation -- History.
Sea turtles.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Dictionaries.
Dictionaries.
Other Form: Print version: Rieser, Alison. Case of the green turtle. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012 9781421405797 (DLC) 2011047301 (OCoLC)767255590
ISBN 9781421406190 (electronic book)
1421406195 (electronic book)
1421406195
9781421405797
1421405792