Tin Can Coast
A History of Industry, Greed, and Fishing in the Golden State
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Tin Can Coast
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Joseph Ogilvy
"Powerful nature writing . . . a lively story about the consequences of rapacious capitalism." —LOS ANGELES TIMES
"You'll never look at a can of tuna the same way again." —MALCOM HARRIS, nationally bestselling author of Palo Alto
The hidden story of the California Coast, told through generations of immigrants, surges of industry, and three marine species caught in the dragnet of human history.
Look west from San Francisco or Monterey, past the surfers and cargo ships. This is the California Current, 1,900 miles of the most productive waters on earth. It was here that eighteenth-century locals encountered frisbee-sized abalone mollusks, sardine schools the size of buses, and Yellowfin tuna, each the size of a man. But it was not to last.
Over the next three centuries, the abalone, sardine, and tuna were swept into the violent undertow of history. Their species became resources. Fishing and hunting drove the Spanish-Russian territory battle of the eighteenth century, California’s virulently racist first “conservation” laws in the 19th, and an ad campaign that kept America fed on just-like-chicken canned goods in the 20th. Along the way, they became drivers of geopolitical competition, catalysts for the dramatic rise and fall of Cannery Row aristocracy, and even surly muses for John Steinbeck and Fritz Lang.
Collapsing the distinctions between human and natural history, Tin Can Coast brings the cautionary tale of the California shore to life.©2026 Joseph Ogilvy (P)2026 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Joseph Ogilvy explores the poetry and the beauty of this coastal world, the marine creatures who live within it, as well as the practices that are gutting it… Ogilvy writes in propulsive prose that elevates this, his first book, above a simple history… Tin Can Coast is, ultimately, a powerful eulogy to a now nearly vanished world—still remembered by some through such imaginative works as John Steinbeck’s ‘Cannery Row’ (1945) and institutions such as the Monterey Bay Aquarium… It’s a profoundly sad story, beautifully told.
Ogilvy’s book is a study of the history and risks of overfishing, but it’s also powerful nature writing, rich with his own first-hand observations, along with a lively story about the consequences of rapacious capitalism, international disputes and technological innovation.
Ogilvy is a gifted writer, and his evocative language takes readers into places like reeking cannery decks slick with fish guts to explore the racism and labor exploitation that were prevalent throughout history and still haunt the industry today…. Tin Can Coast, which treats the land as a character alongside the human players, deserves a place among classic California history texts such as City of Quartz.
Tin Can Coast is beautifully written and well researched... It's the definitive book on California’s fishing history.
As tinned fish packed in fancy olive oil remains all the rage on store shelves, Joseph Ogilvy takes the conversation to California, whose complicated fishing history remains overlooked. Tin Can Coast reckons with the state’s often exploitative relationship with its coasts. The chef and writer explores how the California Current—once home to troves of large yellowfin tuna, abalone, and sardines—became a gold mine for profit. Ogilvy traces the geopolitical, capitalist, and cultural forces that led to the growing popularity of seafood, racist immigrant policies, and the depletion of sea once brimming with life.
Ogilvy’s first book, firmly situated at the intersection of social sciences and ecocriticism, pulls no punches as it examines the legacy of the California Current...Lyrically written, the book examines these topics from an ecological lens, emphasizing interconnectedness and the domino effect of cascading harmful practices. It is an eye-opening and even jaw-dropping account.
Ogilvy debuts with an ambitious and sweeping history of hunting and fishing along the California coast, tracing centuries of upheaval by humans . . . A lucid, unsettling diagnosis of the economic, political, and ecological forces shaping the Pacific Coast.
This far-reaching work of history demonstrates how seemingly disparate forces can work together to make or break a town, an industry, a community, or a once-thriving species. Tin Can Coast will appeal to a wide variety of readers interested in economic forces, the environment, and twentieth-century American history.
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