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Oil, Spermaceti, Ambergris, and Teeth: Products of the Nineteenth- Century Pacific Sperm-Whaling Industry
Nancy Shoemaker considers the four main products harvested in the nineteenth-century sperm whale trade.
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Whaling, Tabua, and Cokanauto
Vicki Luker details the important role played by tabua—or whales’ teeth—in Fijian history.
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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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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.
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Seed Oysters in Entangled Worlds: Ecological Disturbances, Knowledge Making, and Potentialities in Miyagi, Japan
This article focuses on the contingent practices that constitute oyster aquaculture in contemporary Japan and the multiple forms of more-than-human entanglements that emerge as a result.
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Perspectives Article
Oil, Spermaceti, Ambergris, and Teeth: Products of the Nineteenth-Century Pacific Sperm-Whaling Industry
Nancy Shoemaker considers the four main products harvested in the nineteenth-century sperm whale trade.
Perspectives Article
Whaling, Tabua, and Cokanauto
Vicki Luker details the important role played by tabua—or whales’ teeth—in Fijian history.
Perspectives Article
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.