The case of the green turtle : an uncensored history of a conservation icon /
Alison Rieser.
- Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2012. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, (c)2013).
- 1 online resource (352 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
From seafood to icon --Turtle kraals and canneries -- Turning turtles on the Great Barrier Reef -- The turtle islands of Sarawak -- The gifted navigators -- The geography of turtle soup -- A turtle flap in London -- The buffalo of the sea -- Who will kill the last turtle? -- Red data for the green turtle -- Reptiles on the Red list -- You lost the turtle boat -- One man's opinion -- Down on the farm -- Conservation through commerce -- The best available science -- A global strategy -- Supply and demand -- Appendix A. The 1966 U.S. classification of Chelonia mydas as rare and endangered -- Appendix B. IUCN principles and recommendations on commercial exploitation of sea turtles.