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):

White people--New England--Relations with Indians.

White people.

Whaling--Social aspects--New England--History.

Whaling.

Indians of North America--New England--Ethnic identity.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Fishing--New England.

Whaling--New England--History--19th century.

Indian whalers--New England--History.

Indian whalers.

Indians of North America--New England--History--19th century.

New England--Ethnic relations.

New England.

New England--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]

Summary:

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 Shoemaker shows how the category of 'Indian' was as fluid as the whalemen were mobile.

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908475-8-4

979-88-908475-9-1

1-4696-3612-3

1-4696-2335-8

OCLC:

905784907