Newspaper Stories Promoting Local Nineteenth-Century Shore-Based Whaling in Hawaiian Waters
Susan A. Lebo analyzes three decades of newspaper articles reporting whaling in Hawaiian waters from the 1840s.
animals
Whaling, Tabua, and Cokanauto
Vicki Luker details the important role played by tabua—or whales’ teeth—in Fijian history.
Searching for Gigi: Captivity, Culture, and the Pacific Coast’s Embrace of Gray Whales
Jason Colby explores the role of one female gray whale in shaping human perceptions of her species and their status in the wild.
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.
The American Animal Welfare Movement and Pacific Whaling
Lissa Wadewitz juxtaposes the American animal welfare movement with American whaling crews.
New Histories of Pacific Whaling – Revised Edition
About this issue
This volume provides new histories of Pacific whaling from untold perspectives.
Content
A Crab’s-Eye View of the Food Chain in Contemporary China
Arcadia, Summer 2021, no. 21
Interview with David R. Boyd, author of The Rights of Nature: A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, David R. Boyd is interviewed on his recent book, The Rights of Nature: A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World.
Interview with Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Michelle Nijhuis is interviewed on her recent book, Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction.
ASLE EcoCast: ASLE Spotlight Series 2: Water Works
This special episode of EcoCast features the audio recording from ASLE’s Spotlight Series’s second episode “Water Works,” held on April 16, 2021.