Maritime Animals – Ships, Species, Stories Nagai Hardback Penn State University

Maritime AnimalsShips, Species, Stories\nAuthor(s): Kaori Nagai\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, United States\nImprint: Pennsylvania State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780271095370, 978-0271095370\nSynopsis\nThis volume explores nonhuman animals involvement with human maritime activities in the age of sailas well as the myriad multispecies connections formed across different geographical locations knitted together by the long history of global ship movement. \n\nFar from treating the ship as a confined space defined by the sea, Maritime Animals considers the ships connections to broader contexts and networks and covers a variety of locations, from the Canadian Arctic to the Pacific Islands. Each chapter focuses on the oceanic experiences of a particular species, from ship vermin, animals transported onboard as food, and animal specimens for scientific study to livestock, companion and working animals, deep-sea animals that find refuge in shipwrecks, .