The essays in this volume . . . view the boundary between Canada and the United States as a dividing line and also as a regional backbone
"Joseph Taylor shows again how salmon are central to any study of Pacific slope history."
- Western Historical Quarterly
"Joseph E. Taylor III traces the disastrous salmon policy perpetrated by American and Canadian governments over the past hundred years by looking at the Fraser River fishery."
- BC Studies
"Anyone who has watched the recent fisheries disputes will find Taylor's 'Salmon Wars' illuminating. He places the blame on both countries, for, like Adam and Eve, they both committed an 'original sin' against this natural resource in the 1890s and could still be accused of playing 'chicken with extinction'."
- Pacific Historical Review
"According to Joseph E. Taylor III, a century of international diplomacy worked to the satisfaction of no one and might even be described as 'irrational' and 'crazy,' but nonetheless illustrates how industry and the state became 'enmeshed in complex layers of natural and social space'."
- H-Net Reviews
"Joseph Taylor shows again how salmon are central to any study of Pacific slope history."
- Western Historical Quarterly
"Joseph E. Taylor III traces the disastrous salmon policy perpetrated by American and Canadian governments over the past hundred years by looking at the Fraser River fishery."
- BC Studies
"Anyone who has watched the recent fisheries disputes will find Taylor's 'Salmon Wars' illuminating. He places the blame on both countries, for, like Adam and Eve, they both committed an 'original sin' against this natural resource in the 1890s and could still be accused of playing 'chicken with extinction'."
- Pacific Historical Review
"According to Joseph E. Taylor III, a century of international diplomacy worked to the satisfaction of no one and might even be described as 'irrational' and 'crazy,' but nonetheless illustrates how industry and the state became 'enmeshed in complex layers of natural and social space'."
- H-Net Reviews
