The Law of the Whale Hunt: Dispute Resolution, Property Law, and American Whalers, 1780-1880 by Robert Deal

The Law of the Whale Hunt: Dispute Resolution, Property Law, and American Whalers, 1780-1880

Robert Deal

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nonfiction history sociology medium-paced
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Whale oil lit the cities and greased the machines of the Industrial Revolution. In light of its importance, competition between whalers was high. Far from courts and law enforcement, competing crews of American whalers not known for their gentilit...

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