Trying Leviathan : the nineteenth-century New York court case that put the whale on trial and challenged the order of nature

Publication Data

• Title Trying Leviathan : the nineteenth-century New York court case that put the whale on trial and challenged the order of nature
• Author D. Graham Burnett
• Publisher Princeton University Press
• Publication date 2007
• Publication location Princeton, N.J.
• Language English

Contents

Common sense
The philosophical whale
Naturalists in the crow's nest
Men of affairs
The jury steps out.

Topics

• Judd, Samuel, active 1818 :: Trials, litigation, etc.
• Maurice, James, active 1818 :: Trials, litigation, etc.
• Judd, Samuel, active 1818
• Maurice, James, active 1818
• Trials (Tax evasion) :: New York (State) :: New York :: History :: 19th century
• Whale oil :: Taxation :: Law and legislation :: New York (State) :: History :: 19th century
• Whales :: Classification :: History :: 19th century
• Whaling :: United States :: History :: 19th century
• 013805622

Trying Leviathan : the nineteenth-century New York court case that put the whale on trial and challenged the order of nature by D. Graham Burnett. ISBN 9780691129501. Published by Princeton University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.