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Trying Leviathan : the nineteenth-century New York court case that put the whale on trial and challenged the order of nature
Title:
Trying Leviathan : the nineteenth-century New York court case that put the whale on trial and challenged the order of nature
Author:
Burnett, D. Graham.
Personal Author:
Burnett, D. Graham.
Publication Information:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2007]

©2007
Physical Description:
xiv, 266 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Common sense -- The philosophical whale -- Naturalists in the crow's nest -- Men of affairs -- The jury steps out.
Personal Subject:
Maurice, James, active 1818-Trials, litigation, etc.

Judd, Samuel, 1780-1847-Trials, litigation, etc.

Sampson, William, 1764-1836. Is a whale a fish?
Subject Term:
Trials (Tax evasion) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.

Whale oil -- Taxation -- Law and legislation -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.

Whales -- Classification -- History -- 19th century.

Whaling -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

Zoology -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents only
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007008378.html
ISBN:
9780691129501
Format :
Book

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