"For more than fifteen hundred years Yupik and proto-Yupik Eskimo peoples have lived at the site of the Alaskan village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. Their history is a record of family and kin, and of the interrelationship between those who live in Gambell and the spiritua…
"For more than fifteen hundred years Yupik and proto-Yupik Eskimo peoples have lived at the site of the Alaskan village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. Their history is a record of family and kin, and of the interrelationship between those who live in Gambell and the spiritua…
""I just begin to find out that whaling will never do for me and have determined to leave the ship here if possible."" That sentiment, expressed by a foremast hand aboard the ship Caroline in 1843, is one shared by many of the whalemen in this fascinating book. Interest in Herma…
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. THE SHIP -- Chapter 1. The Gay Head Harpooner -- Chapter 2. Race, Nationality, and Gender -- Chapter 3. The Primacy of Rank -- PART II. THE BEACH -- Chapter 4. Cultural Encounters -- Chapter 5. Cycles of Conquest --…
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 …
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 …
Margaret Penny's journal with commentary and explanatory passages by Ross. W. Gillies.
Margaret Penny's journal with commentary and explanatory passages by Ross. W. Gillies.
Margaret Penny's journal with commentary and explanatory passages by Ross. W. Gillies.