Native American whalemen and the world : indigenous encounters and the contingency of race /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2015]
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of 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.