The last great sea : a voyage through the human and natural history of the North Pacific Ocean

Glavin, Terry 1955- (Author). David Suzuki Foundation. (Added Author).

Summary: "Thoroughly researched, beautifully written and powerfully argued, The Last Great Sea by Terry Glavin, sheds light on the various mysteries of this last great sea and reveals one of the world's most mysterious places in all of its richness and complexity." --amazon.ca

Record details

ISBN: 9781550548099 :
ISBN: 1550548093 :
Physical Description: print
x, 244 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : Greystone Books, c2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Copublished by: David Suzuki Foundation. Co-published by: David Suzuki Foundation.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-228) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Whole Haunted Sea: An Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Beginning of the World -- Chapter 2 The Order of Things -- Chapter 3 From Sea Cows to Civilization -- Chapter 4 Spectral Flotillas and Lost Colonies -- Chapter 5 Muskets, Manchu Nobles, and Machines -- Chapter 6 Salmon Domains, Trophic Highways, and Bute Wax Episodes -- Chapter 7 The Necessary Mysteries of the North Pacific.