THE PEARL-SHELLERS OF TORRES STRAIT: RESOURCES USE, DEVELOPMENT AND DECLINE, 1860-1960.

GANTER, Regina.

ISBN 10: 0522845479 / ISBN 13: 9780522845471

Editore: Melbourne University Press,, Carlton,, 1994

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First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp xvii, 299. Original publisher's illustrated wraps. Regina Ganter charts the progress of pearl-shelling from its heyday through its several crises resulting from overfishing to its present cautious management. The book is greatly enhanced by the oral testimony of divers and boat-owners. ISBN: 0522845479 Fine.

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• Titolo: THE PEARL-SHELLERS OF TORRES STRAIT: RESOURCES USE, DEVELOPMENT AND DECLINE, 1860-1960.
• Editore: Melbourne University Press,, Carlton,
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0522845479
• ISBN 13: 9780522845471
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Edizione: prima edizione
• Condizione: Fine

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In The Pearl-Shellers of Torres Strait Regina Ganter charts the progress of pearl-shelling from its heyday through its several crises resulting from overfishing to its present cautious management. The book is greatly enhanced by the oral testimony of divers and boat-owners.

Informazioni sugli autori

Regina Ganter is a lecturer at Griffith University.

Dr Regina Ganter has cone extensive fieldwork as a consultant for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. A lecturer at Griffith University, she presently holds a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Australian National University to explore the dynamics of interaction between Asians, Aborigines and Europeans at the Australian frontier.