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Native American whalemen and the world : indigenous encounters and the contingency of race / Nancy Shoemaker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--New England--History--19th century.
- Indians of North America.
- Indian whalers--New England--History.
- Indian whalers.
- Whaling--New England--History--19th century.
- Whaling.
- Indians of North America--Fishing--New England.
- Indians of North America--New England--Ethnic identity.
- Whaling--Social aspects--New England--History.
- White people--New England--Relations with Indians.
- White people.
- Ethnic relations.
- Race relations.
- Relations with Indians.
- Whaling--Social aspects.
- History.
- Ethnicity.
- Indians of North America--Fishing.
- New England--Race relations.
- New England.
- New England--Ethnic relations.
- Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.
- White people--Relations with Indians.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 303 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781469622576
- 1469622572
- OCLC:
- 893452366
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