Empire of Extinction examines the environmental catastrophe resulting from Russia's expansion into the North Pacific., causing Russians and other Europeans to recognize the threat of species extinction for the first time. This book demonstrates the importance of the North Pacific both for the Russian empire and for global environmental history.
Empire of Extinction examines the environmental catastrophe resulting from Russia's expansion into the North Pacific., causing Russians and other Europeans to recognize the threat of species extinction for the first time. This book demonstrates the importance of the North Pacific both for the Russian empire and for global environmental history.
Ryan Tucker Jones is Assistant Professor of History at Idaho State University.
Inhaltsangabe
* Acknowledgments * Introduction The Meanings of Steller and His Sea Cow * 1. The Second Kamchatka Expedition and the Empires of Nature * 2. Promyshlenniki, Siberians, Alaskans, and Catastrophic Change in an Island Ecosystem * 3. Naturalists Plan a North Pacific Empire * 4. Extinction and Empire on the Billings Expedition * 5. Ordering Arctic Nature: Peter Simon Pallas, Thomas Pennant, and Imperial Natural History * 6. Empire of Order * Conclusion Empire and Extinction * Appendix * Notes * Index
* Acknowledgments * Introduction The Meanings of Steller and His Sea Cow * 1. The Second Kamchatka Expedition and the Empires of Nature * 2. Promyshlenniki, Siberians, Alaskans, and Catastrophic Change in an Island Ecosystem * 3. Naturalists Plan a North Pacific Empire * 4. Extinction and Empire on the Billings Expedition * 5. Ordering Arctic Nature: Peter Simon Pallas, Thomas Pennant, and Imperial Natural History * 6. Empire of Order * Conclusion Empire and Extinction * Appendix * Notes * Index
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