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Nineteenth-Century Japanese Whaling and Early Territorial Expansion in the Pacific
Jakobina Arch contrasts the modern Japanese whaling industry with expansionist imperial Meiji regime policies.
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Multiplicities of Japanese Whaling: A Case Study of Baird’s-Beaked- Whaling and its Foodways in Chiba Prefecture, Eastern Japan
Akamine Jun explores foodways of whale meat in Japan, specifically detailing Baird’s-beaked- whaling in eastern Japan.
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What is a Whale? Cetacean Value at the Bering Strait, 1848–1900
Bathsheba Demuth looks at the value of whales for indigenous peoples around the Bering Strait.
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Whales and Whaling in Puget Sound Coast Salish History and Culture
Jonathan Clapperton details the importance of whaling to Puget Sound Coast Salish people (Puget Salish) along the Pacific Northwest Coast.
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Whale Peoples and Pacific Worlds
Joshua L. Reid concludes that the history of Pacific whaling has undergone a scholarly renaissance.