Whaling, Tabua, and Cokanauto
Vicki Luker details the important role played by tabua—or whales’ teeth—in Fijian history.
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Whaling at the Margins: Drift Whales, Ainu Laborers, and the Japanese State on the Nineteenth- Century Okhotsk Coast
Noell Wilson details Japanese attempts to integrate modern-day Hokkaido into the Tokugawa political sphere via drift-whale policy.
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.
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.
Whale Peoples and Pacific Worlds
Joshua L. Reid concludes that the history of Pacific whaling has undergone a scholarly renaissance.
Te Aitanga a Hauiti and Paikea: Whale People in the Modern Whaling Era
Billie Lythberg and Wayne Ngata explore what it means to be whale people in the modern whaling period.
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.
New Histories of Pacific Whaling
About this issue
This volume provides new histories of Pacific whaling from untold perspectives.
Content
Understanding the Baltic Ecosystem - BASYS - Baltic Sea System Studies
This film presents the interdisciplinary and international project BASYS (Baltic Sea System Studies), financed by the European Union in the years 1996 to 1999, which investigated many aspects and influences of mankind activities on the ecosystem Baltic Sea as well as the natural influences such as climate and weather. A large database accessible to all scientists was collected during the project and should help in the future to distinguish between the natural and human effects upon the ecosystem of the Baltic Sea.
Beauties and Beasts: Whales in Portugal, from Early-Modern Monsters to Today’s Flagship Species
Arcadia, Autumn 2018, no. 21