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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
ISBN-10
0820326984
ISBN-13
9780820326986
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72504396
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Oyster Question : Scientists, Watermen, and the Maryland Chesapeake Bay since 1880
Subject
Historical Geography, Animals / Marine Life, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Modern / 20th Century, Fisheries & Aquaculture
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Technology & Engineering, History
Series
Environmental History and the American South Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2009-009211
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Keiner's rich analysis of the politics of science and her insightful comparisons between governmental programs for farmers and those for fishermen demonstrate the importance of connecting the history of the marine landscapes to understandings of history on land."-- Journal of Southern History, "An imaginative environmental history that combines politics, science, and the work of watermen. By considering the limits of social science research in relationship to one state's unique legislative practices, Keiner makes a compelling argument for viewing natural resource struggles from multiple, locally situated perspectives."--OAH Frederick Jackson Turner Award committee, "In The Oyster Question , Christine Keiner adds depth and nuance to this more complex view of conservation. Tracing the history of scientific research and the oyster fishery in Chesapeake Bay, she demonstrates how science and conservation must be understood as local phenomena that are shaped by specific environmental and social contexts."- Isis, "A first-rate analysis of the interaction between science, environment, and politics alongside one of the nation's oldest and most important conservation problems. This book will be necessary reading for anyone who wonders why good science doesn't necessarily lead to good policy, in resources management or any other area."--Arthur F. McEvoy, author of The Fisherman's Problem: Ecology and Law in the California Fisheries, 18501980, " The Oyster Question is a must read for those of us who study the Chesapeake Bay and its oysters, for the watermen who still harvest oysters, and for watershed's citizens whose daily economic, political and cultural life choices affect the health of North American's largest estuary. The book provides the reader with a wide-range of information on history of the oyster fishery, the harvest practices and knowledge of watermen, race relations on the water, various key legislations and management policies that have shaped the oyster fishery, and the cultural importance of oysters to the region. These contributions alone make this one of the best, recent books written on the Chesapeake Bay."--Michael Paolisso, Environment and History, The Oyster Question is a must read for those of us who study the Chesapeake Bay and its oysters, for the watermen who still harvest oysters, and for watershed's citizens whose daily economic, political and cultural life choices affect the health of North American's largest estuary. The book provides the reader with a wide-range of information on history of the oyster fishery, the harvest practices and knowledge of watermen, race relations on the water, various key legislations and management policies that have shaped the oyster fishery, and the cultural importance of oysters to the region. These contributions alone make this one of the best, recent books written on the Chesapeake Bay., "Keiner's rich analysis of the politics of science and her insightful comparisons between governmental programs for farmers and those for fishermen demonstrate the importance of connecting the history of the marine landscapes to understandings of history on land."- Journal of Southern History, "An exciting contribution to both the history of science and environmental history. In this case study of the Maryland oyster fishery, Keiner does an excellent job of combining these two historical perspectives to shed new light on the depths of a problem that has challenged all of the American oyster states since the early nineteenth century. Through her analysis, Keiner effectively reframes how environmental historians have analyzed histories of common resources and provides a working model for integrating historical and ecological information to bridge the histories of science and environmental history."-- Journal of the History of Biology, " The Oyster Question is a must read for those of us who study the Chesapeake Bay and its oysters, for the watermen who still harvest oysters, and for watershed's citizens whose daily economic, political and cultural life choices affect the health of North American's largest estuary. The book provides the reader with a wide-range of information on history of the oyster fishery, the harvest practices and knowledge of watermen, race relations on the water, various key legislations and management policies that have shaped the oyster fishery, and the cultural importance of oysters to the region. These contributions alone make this one of the best, recent books written on the Chesapeake Bay."-Michael Paolisso, Environment and History, "In T he Oyster Question , Christine Keiner adds depth and nuance to this more complex view of conservation. Tracing the history of scientific research and the oyster fishery in Chesapeake Bay, she demonstrates how science and conservation must be understood as local phenomena that are shaped by specific environmental and social contexts."-- Isis, A first-rate analysis of the interaction between science, environment, and politics alongside one of the nation's oldest and most important conservation problems. This book will be necessary reading for anyone who wonders why good science doesn't necessarily lead to good policy, in resources management or any other area., Keiner's rich analysis of the politics of science and her insightful comparisons between governmental programs for farmers and those for fishermen demonstrate the importance of connecting the history of the marine landscapes to understandings of history on land., "A first-rate analysis of the interaction between science, environment, and politics alongside one of the nation's oldest and most important conservation problems. This book will be necessary reading for anyone who wonders why good science doesn't necessarily lead to good policy, in resources management or any other area."--Arthur F. McEvoy, author of The Fisherman's Problem: Ecology and Law in the California Fisheries, 1850-1980, "In The Oyster Question , Christine Keiner adds depth and nuance to this more complex view of conservation. Tracing the history of scientific research and the oyster fishery in Chesapeake Bay, she demonstrates how science and conservation must be understood as local phenomena that are shaped by specific environmental and social contexts."-- Isis, "Truly impressive. Keiner's remarkably detailed scholarship taps into multiple emerging subfields. Her sustained analysis of nonelite perspectives will contribute enormously by introducing environmental historians to the importance of class, race, religion, and local tradition in the larger conservation picture."--Richard W. Judd, author of Common Lands, Common People: The Origins of Conservation in Northern New England, "An exciting contribution to both the history of science and environmental history. In this case study of the Maryland oyster fishery, Keiner does an excellent job of combining these two historical perspectives to shed new light on the depths of a problem that has challenged all of the American oyster states since the early nineteenth century. Through her analysis, Keiner effectively reframes how environmental historians have analyzed histories of common resources and provides a working model for integrating historical and ecological information to bridge the histories of science and environmental history."--Journal of the History of Biology, An imaginative environmental history that combines politics, science, and the work of watermen. By considering the limits of social science research in relationship to one state's unique legislative practices, Keiner makes a compelling argument for viewing natural resource struggles from multiple, locally situated perspectives., "Keiner skillfully illuminates [ The Oyster Question ] by combining environmental, maritime, social, political, and cultural history."-- Journal of American History, Truly impressive. Keiner's remarkably detailed scholarship taps into multiple emerging subfields. Her sustained analysis of nonelite perspectives will contribute enormously by introducing environmental historians to the importance of class, race, religion, and local tradition in the larger conservation picture.
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Dewey Decimal
338.3/724409752
Synopsis
Christine Keiner applies perspectives of environmental, agricultural, political, and social history to examine the decline of Maryland's iconic Chesapeake Bay oyster industry. Her study breaks new ground regarding the evolution of environmental politics at the state rather than the federal level., In The Oyster Question , Christine Keiner applies perspectives of environmental, agricultural, political, and social history to examine the decline of Maryland's iconic Chesapeake Bay oyster industry. Oystermen have held on to traditional ways of life, and some continue to use preindustrial methods, tonging oysters by hand from small boats. Others use more intensive tools, and thus it is commonly believed that a lack of regulation enabled oystermen to exploit the bay to the point of ruin. But Keiner offers an opposing view in which state officials, scientists, and oystermen created a regulated commons that sustained tidewater communities for decades. Not until the 1980s did a confluence of natural and unnatural disasters weaken the bay's resilience enough to endanger the oyster resource. Keiner examines conflicts that pitted scientists in favor of privatization against watermen who used their power in the statehouse to stave off the forces of rural change. Her study breaks new ground regarding the evolution of environmental politics at the state rather than the federal level. The Oyster Question concludes with the impassioned ongoing debate over introducing nonnative oysters to the Chesapeake Bay and how that proposal might affect the struggling watermen and their identity as the last hunter-gatherers of the industrialized world.
LC Classification Number
SH365.M3K35 2009
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