Empire Of Extinction: Russians And The North Pacific'S Strange Beasts Of The Sea, 1741-1867

Jones examines the causes and consequences of environmental catastrophe resulting from Russia's imperial expansion into the North Pacific. Gathering a host of Siberian and Alaskan native peoples, including the Aleuts, from the early 1700s until 1867, the Russian Empire organised a rapacious hunt for fur seals, sea otters, and other fur-bearing animals, which declined precipitously. This destruction, which took place in one of the most hotly contested imperial arenas of the time, also drew the attention of natural historians, who played an important role in imperial expansion.

• | Author: Ryan Tucker Jones
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 11, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0199343411
• | ISBN-13: 9780199343416