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Greenlanders, whales, and whaling : sustainability and self-determination in the Arctic / Richard A. Caulfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caulfield, Richard A., author.
- Series:
- Arctic visions.
- Arctic visions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inuit--Fishing--Greenland.
- Inuit.
- Inuit--Greenland--Government relations.
- Inuit--Greenland--Economic conditions.
- Whaling--Government policy--Greenland.
- Whaling.
- Baleen whales--Government policy--Greenland.
- Baleen whales.
- Sustainable fisheries--Greenland.
- Sustainable fisheries.
- Human ecology--Greenland.
- Human ecology.
- Self-determination, National--Greenland.
- Self-determination, National.
- Greenland--Politics and government.
- Greenland.
- Greenland--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hanover, New Hampshire : University Press of New England, [1997]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Portrays the profound impact of world systems on contemporary Greenlandic life, especially whaling.
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-195) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61168-133-2
- 0-585-25159-2
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