Greenlanders, Whales, and Whaling : Sustainability and Self-Determination in the Arctic /

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Portrays the profound impact of world systems on contemporary Greenlandic life, especially whaling.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Caulfield, Richard A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Économie de subsistance > Groenland.
Baleines > Chasse > Groenland.
Inuits > Groenland > Pêche.
Duurzaamheid.
Walvisvangst.
Groenlanders.
Whaling > Government policy.
Sustainable fisheries.
Self-determination, National.
Politics and government
Inuit > Government relations.
Inuit > Fishing.
Inuit > Economic conditions.
Human ecology.
Economic history.
Baleen whales > Government policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes > Groenland.
Écologie humaine > Groenland.
Pêches durables > Groenland.
Mysticetes > Politique gouvernementale > Groenland.
Baleines > Chasse > Politique gouvernementale > Groenland.
Inuits > Groenland > Conditions economiques.
Inuits > Groenland > Relations avec l'État.
Inuits > Pêche > Groenland.
Self-determination, National > Greenland.
Human ecology > Greenland.
Sustainable fisheries > Greenland.
Baleen whales > Government policy > Greenland.
Whaling > Government policy > Greenland.
Inuit > Greenland > Economic conditions.
Inuit > Greenland > Government relations.
Inuit > Fishing > Greenland.
Greenland.
Greenland > Economic conditions.
Greenland > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Whaling and Co-management in Greenland; Part One Connections- Greenland and World Systems; CHAPTER 1: History and Political Economy in Greenland; CHAPTER 2: Changing Production Relations in Greenland: The Case of Qeqertarsuaq Municipality; Part Two Local Dynamics, Global Concerns: Conflict and Contradictions in Greenlandic Whaling; CHAPTER 3: Vessels, Kin, and Harpoons: Continuity and Change in Whaling.
  • CHAPTER 4: Greenland's Whaling Regime: Costs and Benefits of Co-managementCHAPTER 5: Initiatives on the Periphery: Home Rule and the Politics of Whaling; CONCLUSION: Whaling and Sustainability in Greenland; Notes; Appendix: Book Abstract in Greenlandic: Atuagaq Kalaallit Nunaanni arfanniameq pillugu eqikkamera (Kalaallisut); Index.

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