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    Reviews of John G. Butcher, The Closing of the Frontier: A History of the Marine Fisheries of Southeast Asia, c. 1850-2000

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    Open access
    Authors
    Pokrant, Bob
    Date
    2006
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Pokrant, Bob. 2006. Reviews of John G. Butcher, The Closing of the Frontier: A History of the Marine Fisheries of Southeast Asia, c. 1850-2000. International Journal of Maritime History 18 (1): 355-359.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Maritime History
    Faculty
    Division of Humanities
    Department of Social Sciences
    Faculty of Media, Society and Culture (MSC)
    Remarks

    This work appeared originally in the International Journal of Maritime History, Vol.18 No.1 (2006), pp. 355-359, and is made available here with the kind permission of the International Maritime Economic History Association.

    http://www.mun.ca/mhp/ijmh.htm

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43636
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Butcher's book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on the history of fisheries. The book focusses on the "extension of the frontiers of fishing" into existing and new fishing grounds and untapped ecological systems in maritime Southeast Asia between 1850 and 2000, which eventually led to stagnation and decline in fish catches and to the closing of the fishing frontier. The main country focus is the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.The issue I wish to take up in this review concerns the conceptual framework used in the study, particularly the place accorded to what Butcher defines as "small-scale" fishers in the extension of the fishing frontier, and the substantive and methodological consequences it has for the study.

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