Nature, Economy and the Cultural Politics of Theory: The 'War Against the Seals' in the Bering Sea, 1870-1911

Geoforum

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-20

  Castree, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Cultural politics; Discourse; EcoMarxism; Nature; Political economy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; FUR SEAL; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NORTH PACIFIC FUR SEAL CONVENTION (1911); POLITICAL ECONOMY; RESOURCES CONFICT;

BERING SEA;

EID: 0030820517     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7185(97)85524-8     Document Type: Article

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