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Record Nr.

UNISA996202468103316

Autore

Ginkel Rob van

Titolo

Braving troubled waters [[electronic resource] ] : sea change in a Dutch fishing community / / Rob van Ginkel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-12932-5

9786612129322

90-485-0813-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Mare publication series ; ; 4

Disciplina

338.372709492

Soggetti

Ocean currents

Oceanography - Netherlands

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface --Introduction --1. The golden knoll: people, place and history --2. Trimming the sails to the wind --3. Between the devil and the deep blue sea --4. ooming business: the rise of beam trawling --5. Catch kings and quota busters --6. Commissioned cooperation: plentiful and lean years --Conclusions: seas of trouble.

Sommario/riassunto

An anthropological exploration of the daily life in the Dutch fishing community from the eighteenth century to present day.