Joshua L. Reid concludes that the history of Pacific whaling has undergone a scholarly renaissance.
Jonathan Clapperton details the importance of whaling to Puget Sound Coast Salish people (Puget Salish) along the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Bathsheba Demuth looks at the value of whales for indigenous peoples around the Bering Strait.
Akamine Jun explores foodways of whale meat in Japan, specifically detailing Baird’s-beaked- whaling in eastern Japan.
Jakobina Arch contrasts the modern Japanese whaling industry with expansionist imperial Meiji regime policies.
Noell Wilson details Japanese attempts to integrate modern-day Hokkaido into the Tokugawa political sphere via drift-whale policy.
This volume provides new histories of Pacific whaling from untold perspectives.
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Noell Wilson details Japanese attempts to integrate modern-day Hokkaido into the Tokugawa political sphere via drift-whale policy.
Jakobina Arch contrasts the modern Japanese whaling industry with expansionist imperial Meiji regime policies.
Akamine Jun explores foodways of whale meat in Japan, specifically detailing Baird’s-beaked- whaling in eastern Japan.
