{"product_id":"empire-of-extinction-russians-and-the-north-pacifics-strange-beasts-of-the-sea-1741-1867-paperback","title":"Empire of Extinction: Russians and the North Pacific's Strange Beasts of the Sea, 1741-1867 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRyan Tucker Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the second half of the eighteenth century, the Russian Empire-already the largest on earth-expanded its dominion onto the ocean. Through a series of government-sponsored voyages of discovery and the establishment of a private fur trade, Russians crossed and re-crossed the Bering Strait and the North Pacific Ocean, establishing colonies in Kamchatka and Alaska and exporting marine mammal furs to Europe and China. In the process they radically transformed the North Pacific, causing environmental catastrophe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn one of the most hotly-contested imperial arenas of the day, the Russian empire organized a host of Siberian and Alaskan native peoples to rapaciously hunt for fur seals, sea otters, and other fur-bearing animals. The animals declined precipitously, and Steller's sea cow went extinct. This destruction captured the attention of natural historians who for the first time began to recognize the threat of species extinction. These experts drew upon Enlightenment and Romantic-era ideas about nature and imperialism but their ideas were refracted through Russian scientific culture and influenced by the region's unique ecology. Cosmopolitan scientific networks ensured the spread of their ideas throughout Europe. Heeding the advice of these scientific experts, Russian colonial governors began long-term management of marine mammal stocks and instituted some of the colonial world's most forward-thinking conservationist policies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHighlighting the importance of the North Pacific in Russian imperial and global environmental history, \u003cem\u003eEmpire of Extinction\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on the development of ideas about the natural world in a crucial location far from what has been considered the center of progressive environmental attitudes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRyan Tucker Jones \u003c\/strong\u003eis Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Auckland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255294124134,"sku":"9780190670818","price":99.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/TmdhbFdWOGVvQVRCWDFvb1R0TENNQT09.webp?v=1773654710","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/empire-of-extinction-russians-and-the-north-pacifics-strange-beasts-of-the-sea-1741-1867-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}