Reviews of John G. Butcher, The Closing of the Frontier: A History of the Marine Fisheries of Southeast Asia, c. 1850-2000

Butcher's book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on the history of fisheries. The book focusses on the "extension of the frontiers of fishing" into existing and new fishing grounds and untapped ecological systems in maritime Southeast Asia between 1850 and 2000, which ev...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pokrant, Bob
Format: Journal Article
Published: International Maritime Economic History Association 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43636