| Description |
xiv, 266 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-245) and index. |
| Contents |
One. The peace offering that stank ; Maurice v. Judd and the history of science ; From dock to docket -- Two. Common sense ; Manhattan and its whales -- Three. The philosophical whale ; Samuel Latham Mitchill and natural history in New York City ; "No more a fish than a man" ; Taxonomy at the bar -- Four. Naturalists in the crow's nest ; What the whalemen knew -- Five. Men of affairs ; The whale in the swamp -- Six. The jury steps out ; The Knickerbockers slay a Yankee whale ; Who decides who decides? ; Picking up the Pisces -- Seven. Conclusion ; New science, New York, new nation ; Epilogue : whales and fish, philosophers and historians, science and society. |
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Maurice, James, active 1818.
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Judd, Samuel, 1780-1847.
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Trials (Tax evasion) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
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Whale oil.
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Whales -- Classification -- History -- 19th century.
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Whaling -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Zoology -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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| ISBN |
9780691129501 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0691129509 hardcover alkaline paper |
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