America's Early Whalemen : Indian Shore Whalers on Long Island, 1650-1750 /

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The Indians of coastal Long Island were closely attuned to their maritime environment. They hunted sea mammals, fished in coastal waters, and harvested shellfish. To celebrate the deep-water spirits, they sacrificed the tail and fins of the most powerful and awesome denizen of their maritime world--...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Strong, John A., 1935- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Series:Native peoples of the Americas (Tucson, Ariz.)
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Whaling > New York (State) > Long Island > History > 18 century.
Whaling > New York (State) > Long Island > History > 17 century.
Indian whalers > New England > New York (State) > Long Island > History > 18 century.
Indian whalers > New England > New York (State) > Long Island > History > 17 century.
Indians of North America > Fishing > New York (State) > Long Island > History > 18 century.
Indians of North America > Fishing > New York (State) > Long Island > History > 17 century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The whale in aboriginal long island culture
  • Drift whales : a contentious asset
  • Sachems, entrepreneurs, and conflicting sovereignties
  • Origins of "ye whaling design" on Long Island
  • New needs, old traditions : the cultural impact of "ye whale design"
  • Debt peonage and indentured servitude
  • Papasaquin's world : politics, economics, and family in seventeenth- century Long Island
  • Leaving the shore : the end of an era.

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