By Walker Mills

Walker Mills talks with Dr. Sharika Crawford from the United States Naval Academy about her new book, The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean: Waterscapes of Labor, Conservation and Boundary Making. The conversation covers the Caribbean, turtle fishing, rum running, maritime disputes, and how borders at sea get made.

Sea Control 227 – Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean with Dr. Sharika Crawford

Links

1. The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean: Waterscapes of Labor, Conservation and Boundary Making, by Sharika Crawford, University of North Carolina Press, 2020.
2. Sea Control 206: The Cod Wars with Will Reynolds and Walker Mills, CIMSEC, October 11, 2020.
3. “The Cod Wars Today: Lessons from an Almost War,” by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, July 28, 2020.
4. Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, CIMSEC, December 27, 2020.
5. A Thousand Thirsty Beaches: Smuggling Alcohol from Cuba to the South During Prohibition, Lisa Lindquist Dorr, University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
6. To Master the Boundless Sea: The U.S. Navy, the Marine Environment, and the Cartography of Empire, by Jason Smith, University of North Carolina Press, 2018.
7. Home Squadron: The U.S. Navy and the North Atlantic, by James Rentfrow, Naval Institute Press, 2014.
8. Rogue Revolutionaries: The Fight for Legitimacy in the Greater Caribbean, by Vanessa Mongey, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020.
9. Tides of Revolution: Information, Insurgencies, and the Crisis of Colonial Rule in Venezuela, by Cristina Soriano, University of New Mexico Press, 2019.
10. The Smuggler’s World: Illicit Trade and Atlantic Communities in Eighteenth Century Venezuela, by Jesse Cromwell, University of North Carolina Press, 2018.

Walker Mills is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at [email protected].