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Author Caulfield, Richard A.

Title Greenlanders, whales, and whaling : sustainability and self-determination in the Arctic / Richard A. Caulfield.

Publication Info. Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, [1997]
©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 203 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Arctic visions
Arctic visions.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-195) and index.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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.
Summary Portrays the profound impact of world systems on contemporary Greenlandic life, especially whaling.
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Language Summary in Greenlandic.
Subject Inuit -- Fishing -- Greenland.
Inuit -- Fishing.
Greenland.
Inuit.
Inuit -- Greenland -- Government relations.
Inuit -- Greenland -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Whaling -- Government policy -- Greenland.
Whaling -- Government policy.
Whaling.
Baleen whales -- Government policy -- Greenland.
Baleen whales -- Government policy.
Baleen whales.
Sustainable fisheries -- Greenland.
Sustainable fisheries.
Human ecology -- Greenland.
Human ecology.
Self-determination, National -- Greenland.
Self-determination, National.
Greenland -- Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Greenland -- Economic conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Caulfield, Richard A. Greenlanders, whales, and whaling. Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, ©1997 0874518105 (DLC) 97000522 (OCoLC)36252777
ISBN 9781611681338 (electronic book)
1611681332 (electronic book)
0585251592 (electronic book)
9780585251592 (electronic book)
0874518105 (alkaline paper)
9780874518108 (alkaline paper)