<i>Shellfish for the Celestial Empire: The Rise and Fall of Commercial Abalone Fishing in California</i>. By Todd J. Braje. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2016. xiv + 242 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, and index. Paper $34.95, e-book $28.00. <i>Sea Otters: A History</i>. By Richard Ravalli. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2018. xxiv + 190 pp. Illustrations, graphs, appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth $45.00, e-book $45.00.
Environmental history