Dec 27, 2009

Moby Dick | Compare and Contrast

1850s: Whaling is a largely unregulated business. American whalers are free to sail the open seas, and to hunt for whales in any waters.

Today: In 1986 member nations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) vote to ban commercial whaling. Some nations, including Norway and Japan, continue to slaughter whales.
1850s: Americans continue to move west. The population of the northern states exceeds the population of the south by one million. Slaveholding states seek to expand their influence in the...