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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"whaling"”.
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New Bedford's whaling era
Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University, 1948. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive.
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Subsistence whaling in Alaska
… altered the pattern of post-white contact whaling by Eskimos. This pattern was allowed to stabilize to some extent after the collapse of the commercial whaling industry in 1908. After the second world war a new wave of white presence in the north again caused drastic social and economic …
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The validation of British Arctic whaling information (1750-1850).
This dissertation examines the validity of whaling data arising from voyages to the Arctic seas by British whalers during the period 1750 to 1850. During the 18$^{th}$ and 19$^{th}$ centuries the British whaling industry was conducted from over 30 different ports. Information arising from the …
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When cultures collide : a rhetorical history of the Makah whaling controversy.
… history. By examining the case study of Makah whaling controversy, I suggest that we can acquire new knowledge about Native American rhetoric, environmentalist/animal rights rhetoric, and colonialism.
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Situating ‘Books of Travel’: Intertextuality in Antarctic Whaling Narratives 1892-1896
… the authors’ experiences on board Antarctic whaling vessels in the late nineteenth century. In Europe and Australia, the 1890s saw growing scientific and commercial interest in Antarctica. The period examined in this dissertation begins in 1892, when the whaling ship $\textit{Balaena}$ …
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The Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission: effective local management of a subsistence resource
In 1977 the International Whaling Commission (IWC) deleted the exemption that allowed Alaska Eskimos to harvest the bowhead whale. This sparked considerable controversy. The IWC had not previously exerted authority over aboriginal whaling. The Eskimos responded by forming the Alaska Eskimo Whaling …
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Sense of place visualization for the whaling station remains of South Georgia Island
… historical context and cultural heritage of the whaling industry of South Georgia Island through a gallery based exhibition of a combination of digital art, olfactory installation, and theatrical performance concerning South Georgia whaling. These representations aim toward a gestalt effect that …
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Reconstruction of the historical climate of the Southern Ocean from whaling ships’ logbooks
… records, logbooks of Christian Salvesen Whaling Company’s whaling ships operating in the Southern Ocean in the 1930s and 1950s are investigated in this thesis. A historical climate dataset is produced from the meteorological observations from the whaling logbooks. The mean sea-level …
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Commodore Perry's 1853 Japanese Expedition: How Whaling Influenced the Event that Revolutionized Japan
… important economic and political influence the whaling industry played in spurring American politicians to confront Japanese isolationism. It is incorrect to assert that whaling, and not America's desire to gain access to China, was the main reason behind the 1853 Japanese Expedition. This …
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Artisanal whaling in the Atlantic: a comparative study of culture, conflict, and conservation in St. Vincent and the Faroe Islands
… waiting to complete the kill with traditional whaling knives. Vincentian whaling traces its origins to the late nineteenth century. Records of Faroese whaling date to the late sixteenth century but the practice is thought to be much older, originating perhaps as early as the tenth century. The …
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A trade so uncontrollably uncertain : a study of the English southern whale fishery from 1815 to 1860
… of the Journal of the whaleship, Vigilant, on a whaling cruise to the Pacific between 1831 and 1833. I The events of this voyage, made under the command of an American born, yet English-based whaling master, were fascinating, and on completion of the task I had a good record of one English …
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A trade so uncontrollably uncertain : a study of the English southern whale fishery from 1815 to 1860
… of the Journal of the whaleship, Vigilant, on a whaling cruise to the Pacific between 1831 and 1833. I The events of this voyage, made under the command of an American born, yet English-based whaling master, were fascinating, and on completion of the task I had a good record of one English …
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The Southern Whale Fishery Company, Auckland Islands
… Southern Whale Fishery Company was a colonising whaling company, with a Royal Charter granted in early 1849. The Company was set up as an attempt to re~establish the declining British Southern Whale Fishery, and was actively promoted by Charles Enderby. The Company was formed after The Messrs. …
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A history of South Island whaling : A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Diploma of Parks and Recreation
… with a description of the cetacea involved in whaling operations and those most commonly encountered around the New Zealand coastline. From there, the story of whaling operations, methods, the whalemen and the effects that they had on a young developing country are unfolded. The work concludes …
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Unangax̂ Mummies as Whalers: A Multidisciplinary Contextualization of Human Mummification in the Aleutian Islands
… families belonged to an ancient shamanistic whaling complex that existed throughout coastal regions that practiced whaling. This thesis presents an explanation pertaining to the reasons behind mummification and serves as an organized compilation of the most pertinent past and recent data …
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From whaling days to cannery row : a survey of some aspects of the fishing industry at Monterey and vicinity from 1854 to 1920
… prominent as whalers; the temporary cessation of whaling about 1900 destroyed their dominance at Monterey; there are reports in 1899 and 1901 of Japanese whalers as well as Portuguese. The revival of whaling in 1918 wa not responsible for a Portuguese renaissance because it was not longer an art, …
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Blind Man's Bluff - cruel revelations through the study of architectural artefacts
… built fabric visible on site including a whaling station, the ideas that once embedded themselves within those structures reveal much larger societal notions and hidden systems. The Bluff is of a particular interest in its relation to modernity as it is framed as a blind spot hidden in the …
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