Native American whalemen and the world : the contingency of race /

In the 19th century, nearly all Native American men living along the southern New England coast made their living travelling the world's oceans on whaleships. Many were career whalemen, spending 20 years or more at sea. Exploring the shifting racial ideologies that shaped their lives, Nancy Sho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
1800-1899
White people > New England > Relations with Indians.
Whaling > Social aspects > New England > History.
Indians of North America > New England > Ethnic identity.
Indians of North America > Fishing > New England.
Whaling > New England > History > 19th century.
Indian whalers > New England > History.
Indians of North America > New England > History > 19th century.
Baleines > Chasse > Aspect social > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Peuples autochtones > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Identité ethnique.
Baleines > Chasse > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Chasseurs de baleines des Peuples autochtones > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Personnes blanches > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Relations avec les Peuples autochtones.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Ethnic relations
Indian whalers
Indians of North America
Indians of North America > Ethnic identity
Indians of North America > Fishing
Race relations
Whaling
Whaling > Social aspects
White people > Relations with Indians
New England > Ethnic relations.
New England > Race relations.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Relations interethniques.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Relations raciales.
New England
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The ship
  • The Gay Head harpooner
  • Race, nationality, and gender
  • The primacy of rank
  • The beach
  • Cultural encounters
  • Cycles of conquest
  • New heaven
  • Islands
  • Native American beachcombers in the Pacific
  • Race and indigeneity in the life of Elisha Apes
  • Beachcombers in New England
  • The reservation
  • Degradation and respect
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Native American whalemen's database
  • Appendix B: Native American logbooks and journals.

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