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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

Mark Kurlansky

Paperback | Pages: 294 pages

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Title	:	Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Author	:	Mark Kurlansky
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 294 pages
Published	:	May 6th 1999 by Vintage/Ebury (first published June 1st 1997)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. Food and Drink. Food. Science. Animals. Environment. Nature. Microhistory

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The Cod. Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been triggered by it, national diets have been based on it, economies and livelihoods have depended on it. To the millions it has sustained, it has been a treasure more precious that gold. This book spans 1,000 years and four continents. From the Vikings to Clarence Birdseye, Mark Kurlansky introduces the explorers, merchants, writers, chefs and fisherman, whose lives have been interwoven with this prolific fish. He chronicles the cod wars of the 16th and 20th centuries. He blends in recipes and lore from the Middle Ages to the present. In a story that brings world history and human passions into captivating focus, he shows how the most profitable fish in history is today faced with extinction.

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Original Title:	Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
ISBN:	0099268701 (ISBN13: 9780099268703)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) for Editor's Choice (1998)

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A bit fishy...(I couldn't resist) Figure 1. The majestic seafaring cod.Figure 2. The majestic cod as us landlubbers know it. Cod - one of the most common fish in the sea - provided food for millions. What started as simple fishing boats has ballooned into enormous trawlers that were capable of draining the see of a once limitless population. Invention and innovation led to decimation of the natural cod population. Figure 3. A fishing trawler - capable of obtaining thousands of fish in a

It's about cod. If you'd like to know the history of cod, read this book. If you've wondered about the impact of cod on human history, read this book. If you want to cook cod using recipes from long ago to recent times, read this book. If you interested in learning about the current status of cod stock around the world, read this book. Hey, I thought it was interesting :)

Those who argue that economic exploitation of natural "resources" can go on for ever because it always has gone on, should read Mark Kurlansky's book "Cod, A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World". The book is not primarily about the collapse of stocks in the early 1990s but rather a fascinating investigation of all aspects of this fish - cultural, economic and political - without which the American Revolution might never have taken place or at least have been delayed many decades.How so?

A fascinating review of the history of the Atlantic cod fisheries. While I knew of the stories of the Grand banks and Georges banks from my University days (I doubt there is a Marine Biologist in the world who has not studied this classic case of overfishing), I had never thought about the wider social implications of the collapse of this fishery and I certainly had never wondered too much about the sociological role of the animal. It turns out that Gadus morhua, the Atlantic cod was a major



Re-read 2017One of Mark Kurlansky's wonderfully written micro histories. I was surprised that I still liked it as much the second time around that doesn't always happen with history books on a small specific subject. I learned quite a bit about the the fishery from it's beginnings after the discovery of the North Banks too it's almost closing due to over fishing. It's a great book to see what the glut and disappearance of a specific food, as well as the death of an industry can do to a country.

There is no way you could ever get me to eat cod, despite my partial Norwegian background where they eat a variety of disgusting fish dishes, the most famous being lutefisk, a kind of rotten, spoiled gelatinous mess. But I loved this book. Kurlansky is another John McPhee, supplying all sorts of interesting details. Turns out cod has been extremely important to civilization and almost as essential as bread. It was easy to fish and preserve and probably made discovery of North America by the