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The sounding of the whale : science & cetaceans in the twentieth century / D. Graham Burnett. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012. - xxii, 793 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 677-733) and index.

Into the belly of the beast -- The prince of whales -- A cetaceous parliament -- Trials of force -- Shots across the bow.

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Whales--Research--History--20th century.
Whales--Research--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Whales--Research--History--United States--20th century.
Whaling--History--20th century.
Whaling--Law and legislation--History--20th century.

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