Living with whales : documents and oral histories of Native New England whaling history /

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"Native Americans along the coasts of southern New England and Long Island have had close ties to whales for thousands of years. They made a living from the sea and saw in the world's largest beings special power and meaning. After English settlement in the early seventeenth century, the r...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014]
Series:Native Americans of the Northeast.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Fishing > New England.
Indians of North America > New England > History.
Whaling > Social aspects > New England > History.
Whaling > New England > History.
Peuples autochtones > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Baleines > Chasse > Aspect social > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
Baleines > Chasse > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
Indians of North America.
Indians of North America > Fishing.
Whaling.
Whaling > Social aspects.
New England.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A world of whales
  • Whaling from the shore to the deep sea
  • Around the world in the nineteenth century
  • Whaling legacies
  • A whaling family in New England and New Zealand
  • Wampanoag oral histories
  • Shinnecock oral histories
  • Afterword: Researching Native whaling history
  • Appendix: Native whalemen's logbooks and journals.

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