Trying Leviathan : The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature /

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In Moby-Dick, Ishmael declares, ""Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me."" Few readers today know just how much argument Ishmael is waiving aside. In fact, Melville's antihero...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Burnett, D. Graham
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wal > 1949-
Maurice, James, > active 1818.
Judd, Samuel, > 1780-1847.
Maurice, James, > active 1818 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Judd, Samuel, > active 1818 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Sampson, William, > 1764-1836. > Is a whale a fish?
Judd, Samuel, > 1780-1847 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Rättegångar > historia.
Zoologi > sociala aspekter > historia.
Valfångst > historia.
Valar > historia.
Processen (rechtspraak)
Controversen.
Taxonomie.
Walvissen.
Systematik
Wala > Volk
Walfang
Steuer
Prozess
Ordnung > Biologie
Natur
Fischöl
Whales.
Speciesism.
Animal rights.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Specisme.
Animaux > Droits > New York (État) > New York.
Baleines > Classification.
Animal rights > New York (State) > New York.
Whales > Classification.
Förenta staterna > New York.
New York > Staat
New York (State) > New York.
Comptes rendus de proces et d'arbitrage.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Classification.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In Moby-Dick, Ishmael declares, ""Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me."" Few readers today know just how much argument Ishmael is waiving aside. In fact, Melville's antihero here takes sides in one of the great controversies of the early nineteenth century--one that ultimately had to be resolved in the courts of New York City. In Trying Leviathan, D. Graham Burnett recovers the strange story of Maurice v. Judd, an 1818 trial that pitted the new sciences of taxonomy against the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages).
Premios:New York City Book Award, 2007
Isabelle Hermalyn Book Award, 2007
ISBN:9781400833986

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