Listening to sea lions : currents of change from Galapagos to Patagonia /

From the Galapagos to the depths of Patagonia and up along the stark desert coast of Chile, Listening to Sea Lions' empathic ethnography carries the reader directly into the heart of the ocean world of Latino coastal people. Sea lions are the fellow denizens in nature who share the perpetual ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Meltzoff, Sarah K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, c2013.
Subjects:
Human ecology > Pacific Coast (South America)
Marine ecology > Pacific Coast (South America)
Coastal ecology > Pacific Coast (South America)
Climatic changes > Pacific Coast (South America)
Écologie humaine > Pacifique, Côte du (Amérique du Sud)
Écologie littorale > Pacifique, Côte du (Amérique du Sud)
Climat > Changements > Pacifique, Côte du (Amérique du Sud)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Climatic changes
Coastal ecology
Ecology
Human ecology
Marine ecology
El Niño Current.
Pacific Coast (South America) > Environmental conditions.
El Niño, Courant.
Pacifique, Côte du (Amérique du Sud) > Conditions environnementales.
Pacific Ocean > El Niño Current
South America > Pacific Coast
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Climates of change and the ways of empathic ethnography
  • Wild West Galapagos: Isabela's fishing community angles for tourism poie in the land of Darwin
  • Rain and tears in the fishing camps: Merluza boom to bust in Patagonia
  • The dance of Macha divers and waders around El Nino's flood
  • Puerto Aldea: Caleta life in Navy war-game waters
  • The Goliath in Iquique: industrial fisheries
  • Sea wolves: Artisanal fishermen of the rural and urban Caletas
  • Conclusions: Coastal ethnography given the eddies of climate change
  • Appendix: Marine life names in Latin.

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