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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781445703321

Autore

Payne Brian J

Titolo

Fishing a borderless sea : environmental territorialism in the North Atlantic, 1818-1910 / / Brian J. Payne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-62895-160-5

1-60917-215-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 164 pages) : maps

Disciplina

338.3/72709163409034

Soggetti

Baitfish fisheries - North Atlantic Ocean - History - 19th century

Baitfish fisheries - North Atlantic Ocean - History - 20th century

Fishers - North Atlantic Ocean - History

Social conflict - North Atlantic Ocean - History

Territorial waters - North Atlantic Ocean - History

Fishery resources - North Atlantic Ocean - History

Fishery law and legislation - History

International economic relations - History - 19th century

International economic relations - History - 20th century

North Atlantic Ocean Commerce History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-160) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"White-washed Yankees" : the beginnings of the bait trade, 1790-1854 -- "Intrusion of strangers" : seeking local control in an emerging national context, 1854-1885 -- "A fisherman ought to be a free trader anyway" : the bait trade in diplomatic controversy, 1886-1888 -- "Peaceable settlement" : bait and international law, 1888-1910.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the centuries, processing and distribution of products from land and sea has stimulated the growth of a global economy. In the broad sweep of world history, it may be hard to imagine a place for the meager little herring baitfish. Yet, as Brian Payne adeptly recounts, the baitfish trade was hotly contested in the Anglo-American world throughout the nineteenth century. Politicians called for wars, navies



were dispatched with guns at the ready, vessels were seized at sea, and violence erupted at sea.      Yet, the battle over baitfish was not simply a diplomatic or political