Floating Coast An Environmental History of the Bering Strait

Across Russia's easternmost shores and through the territories of the Inupiat and Yupik in Alaska, Bathsheba Demuth reveals how, over 150 years, people turned ecological wealth in a remote region into economic growth and state power. Beginning in the 1840s, capitalism and then communism, with their ideas of progress, transformed the area around the Bering Strait into a historical experiment in remaking ecosystems. Rendered even more urgent in a warming climate, Floating Coast is a profoundly resonant tale of the impact that human needs and ambitions have brought (and will continue to bring) to a finite planet.  Shortlisted for the The Pushkin House Book Prize 2020.

ISBN:	9780393358322
Publisher:	W. W. Norton & Company
Imprint:	W.W. Norton and Company
Published date:	25 Aug 2020
DEWEY:	508.3113
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	448
Weight:	350g
Height:	138mm
Width:	209mm
Spine width:	30mm

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