Hunting the Largest Animals
Native Whaling in the Western Arctic and Subarctic
Published on 1. January 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-0-919058-95-8 (ISBN)
Description
Offers a perspective of northern native societies that have depended upon whaling for centuries. Alaskan and Western Canadian Arctic coastal residents have pursued these animals as sources of food and fuel, but whaling also serves as a center for cultural traditional and spiritual sustenance. Papers by: Rober K. Harritt, Carol Zane Jolles, and Allen P. McCartney; Owen K. Mason and S. Craig Gerlach; Roger K. Harritt; Don E. Dumond; Linda Finn Yarborough; Allen P. McCartney; T. Max Friesen and Charles D. Arnold; James M. Savelle; David R. Yesner; Hans-Georg Bandi; Glenn W. Sheehan; Mary Ann Larson; Carol Zane Jolles; Stephen R. Braund and Elisabeth L. Moorehead; Howard W. Braham; Carol Zane Jolles; and Herbert O. Anungazuk.
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Series
Edition
UK edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Alberta
Canada
Publishing group
University of Alberta Press
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 171 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-919058-95-8 (9780919058958)
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Dr. Allen P. McCartney was a Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.