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Blake Earle

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Historian. Currently: Texas A&M at Galveston. Formerly: Center for Presidential History at SMU. Forever: Texas.

 Galveston, TX
Joined May 2013
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Texas surf history--a great topic! "Because of Man's Greed for Oil and Gas": Tanker Surfing and Surf Culture on the Texas Coast muse.jhu.edu/article/865589
Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) profile pictureTexas Monthly@TexasMonthly12 Feb 2025
The idea that there "ain't no surf in Texas" persists. 🙄 But as a new Galveston museum explores, adventurers have been catching waves here for at least a century. 🌊 🏄 texasmonthly.com/being-texan…
The Texas Surf Museum Pays Tribute to Our State’s Most Overlooked Sport

The Texas Surf Museum Pays Tribute to Our State’s Most Overlooked Sport

The idea that there "ain't no surf in Texas" persists. But as a new Galveston museum explores, adventurers have been catching waves here for at least a century.

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If you would like to support those arrested at UTD, please fill out this very brief form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1a_Y…
UTD Pressure Campaign

UTD Pressure Campaign

Note: This is not a petition. It is a sign-up to receive instructions and updates on the campaign to protect those arrested on May 1. As a reminder UTD alums and faculty may also want to sign these...

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Ben Wright (@benjamingwright) profile pictureBen Wright@benjamingwright7 May 2024
What my students and I learned in jail dmagazine.com/frontburner/20…
What My Students and I Learned in Jail After Protesting on the UTD Campus

What My Students and I Learned in Jail After Protesting on the UTD Campus

Ben Wright, a history professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, reflects on the arrests following an on-campus demonstration against the war in Gaza.

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Finally you can hear me talk about fish (and my book) @NewBooksNetwork newbooksnetwork.com/the-libe…

Thomas Blake Earle, "The Liberty to Take Fish: Atlantic Fisheries and Federal Power in Nineteenth...

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If this whetted your appetite, you can get the whole book cornellpress.cornell.edu/boo…
The Liberty to Take Fish by Thomas Blake Earle | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

The Liberty to Take Fish by Thomas Blake Earle | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

In The Liberty to Take Fish, Thomas Blake Earle offers an incisive and nuanced history of the long American Revolution, describing how aspirations to political freedom coupled with the economic...

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Having a little Fun last night with Game one of the ⁦@MLB⁩ #WORLDSERIES ⁦@Rangers⁩ 1-0 😳🏆😂
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If you want one book to read about the sea, make it mine, if you want five more, check out this list the folks at @Shepherd_books let me put together shepherd.com/best-books/why-…

The best books about why the history of the ocean matters

Thomas Blake Earle wrote The Liberty to Take Fish. These are their favorite books on why the history of the ocean matters.

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REMINDER: amazon.com/Liberty-Take-Fish…
The Liberty to Take Fish: Atlantic Fisheries and Federal Power in Nineteenth-Century America

The Liberty to Take Fish: Atlantic Fisheries and Federal Power in Nineteenth-Century America

The Liberty to Take Fish: Atlantic Fisheries and Federal Power in Nineteenth-Century America

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And good news, folks, Amazon will let you microfinance the purchase of my book!
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One of our Seapower BOM panelists and early supporters has a great new book out...
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It looks like my Christmas shopping is done and yours could be too! cornellpress.cornell.edu/boo…
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Publication day is here!
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Dive into the captivating world of 19th-century America's Atlantic #fisheries! 🐟 THE LIBERTY TO TAKE FISH by Thomas Blake Earle @tbearle explores the intersection of #fishing and federal power. #History #NewBooks #CornellPress Available now: ow.ly/RFsN50Pt0x9
The Liberty to Take Fish by Thomas Blake Earle | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

The Liberty to Take Fish by Thomas Blake Earle | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

In The Liberty to Take Fish, Thomas Blake Earle offers an incisive and nuanced history of the long American Revolution, describing how aspirations to political freedom coupled with the economic...

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Dive into the captivating world of 19th-century America's Atlantic #fisheries! 🐟 THE LIBERTY TO TAKE FISH by Thomas Blake Earle @tbearle explores the intersection of #fishing and federal power. #History #NewBooks #CornellPress Available now: ow.ly/RFsN50Pt0x9
The Liberty to Take Fish by Thomas Blake Earle | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

The Liberty to Take Fish by Thomas Blake Earle | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

In The Liberty to Take Fish, Thomas Blake Earle offers an incisive and nuanced history of the long American Revolution, describing how aspirations to political freedom coupled with the economic...

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It is now August cornellpress.cornell.edu/boo…
The Liberty to Take Fish by Thomas Blake Earle | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

The Liberty to Take Fish by Thomas Blake Earle | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

In The Liberty to Take Fish, Thomas Blake Earle offers an incisive and nuanced history of the long American Revolution, describing how aspirations to political freedom coupled with the economic...

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Blake Earle (@tbearle) profile pictureBlake Earle@tbearle13 Jan 2023
August 2023 @CornellPress
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The Latest Chapter in a Long Quest to Make Fishing More Sustainable — Disputes over fishing gear and bycatch have involved consumers, commercial fishermen, recreational anglers, and environmentalists. @tbearle outrider.org/climate-change/…
The Latest Chapter in a Long Quest to Make Fishing More Sustainable

The Latest Chapter in a Long Quest to Make Fishing More Sustainable

Disputes over fishing gear and bycatch have involved consumers, commercial fishermen, recreational anglers and environmentalists. 

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August 2023 @CornellPress
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Lobsters versus right whales: The latest chapter in a long quest to make fishing more sustainable

Lobsters versus right whales: The latest chapter in a long quest to make fishing more sustainable

To fish the oceans sustainably, nations must reduce bycatch, or accidental catches. But fishermen often resist changing gear or techniques that kill nontargeted species.

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A chimp at a Swedish zoo named Santino, who has planned hundreds of stone throwing attacks on visitors, was involved in a full scale chimp escape and revolt that has seen several chimps shot dead. It's unclear if Santino is a casualty. RT if you think Santino did nothing wrong!
Anton Larsson (@antonyaolarsson) profile pictureAnton Larsson@antonyaolarsson15 Dec 2022
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One of the escapees (and, I reckon, the dead) is Santino, who has his own Wikipedia article: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant…
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