{"product_id":"icthyofauna-joe-ewing-9798185094112","title":"Icthyofauna: A Microhistory of Eight Fish that Shaped Humanity","description":"Fish are a civilization-shaping force that have shifted from center stage to out of sight, swimming just below the surface. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEntire calendars once pivoted on fish days. Empires rose on salted cargo. Rivers, migrations, and faiths were entwined with these fascinating creatures with fins. Poets mythologized them; merchants monetized them; engineers dammed and trawled and chilled them. And when we pushed too hard, they collapsed-taking jobs and identities with them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIcthyofauna follows eight of these world-shapers - carp, tilapia, herring, cod, sturgeon, salmon, bluefin tuna, and the Patagonian toothfish (though you may not know it by that name)-from Neolithic rice paddies to pre-dawn Tokyo auctions, from sacred symbol to luxury to their lab-grown futures. Each chapter traces the arc from humble ponds to planet-spanning scope, from reverence to extraction to-perhaps-restraint. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo understand ourselves, we must first follow the fins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joe Ewing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185094112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Joe Ewing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665802760447,"sku":"9798185094112","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c92db60-db0d-46ca-8746-09ec20b18b59.jpg?v=1792013989","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/icthyofauna-joe-ewing-9798185094112","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}