Nature of Borders Salmon, Boundaries, and Bandits on the Salish Sea

Name: Nature of Borders Salmon, Boundaries, and Bandits on the Salish Sea
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ISBN: 9780295991825

ISBN-10: 0295991828

ISBN-13: 9780295991825

Edition: 2012

Authors: Lissa K. Wadewitz

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For centuries, borders have been central to salmon management customs on the Salish Sea, but how those borders were drawn has had very different effects on the Northwest salmon fishery. Native peoples who fished the Salish Sea--which includes Puget Sound in Washington State, the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca--drew social and cultural borders around salmon fishing locations and found ways to administer the resource in a sustainable way. Nineteenth-century Euro-Americans, who drew the Anglo-American border along the forty-ninth parallel, took a very different approach and ignored the salmon's patterns and life cycle. As the canned salmon industry grew…

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication date: 7/10/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Pacific Borders: An Introduction



Native Borders



Fish, Fur, and Faith



Remaking Native Space



Fishing the Line: Border Bandits and Labor Unrest



Pirates of the Salish Sea



Policing the Border



Conclusion: The Future of Salish Sea Salmon


Abbreviations


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