Saving the whales: Lessons from the extinction of the eastern Arctic Bowhead

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 400-432

  Allen, Robert C ^a   Keay, Ian ^b  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; PROFITABILITY; REGULATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WHALING;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142642803     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050704002748     Document Type: Article

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