Shellfish for the Celestial Empire: The Rise and Fall of Commercial Abalone Fishing in California by Todd J. Braje

Shellfish for the Celestial Empire: The Rise and Fall of Commercial Abalone Fishing in California

Todd J. Braje

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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In the 1800s, when California was captivated by gold fever, a small group of Chinese immigrants recognized the fortune to be made from the untapped resources along the state's coast, particularly from harvesting the black abalone of southern and B...

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