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Author Caulfield, Richard A

Title Greenlanders, whales, and whaling : sustainability and self-determination in the Arctic / Richard A. Caulfield
Published Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 203 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Arctic visions
Arctic visions.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Whaling and Co-management in Greenland; Part One Connections- Greenland and World Systems; CHAPTER 1: History and Political Economy in Greenland; CHAPTER 2: Changing Production Relations in Greenland: The Case of Qeqertarsuaq Municipality; Part Two Local Dynamics, Global Concerns: Conflict and Contradictions in Greenlandic Whaling; CHAPTER 3: Vessels, Kin, and Harpoons: Continuity and Change in Whaling
CHAPTER 4: Greenland's Whaling Regime: Costs and Benefits of Co-managementCHAPTER 5: Initiatives on the Periphery: Home Rule and the Politics of Whaling; CONCLUSION: Whaling and Sustainability in Greenland; Notes; Appendix: Book Abstract in Greenlandic: Atuagaq Kalaallit Nunaanni arfanniameq pillugu eqikkamera (Kalaallisut); Index
Summary Portrays the profound impact of world systems on contemporary Greenlandic life, especially whaling
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-195) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Summary in Greenlandic
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Subject Inuit -- Fishing -- Greenland
Inuit -- Greenland -- Government relations
Inuit -- Greenland -- Economic conditions
Whaling -- Government policy -- Greenland
Baleen whales -- Government policy -- Greenland
Sustainable fisheries -- Greenland
Human ecology -- Greenland
Self-determination, National -- Greenland
Eskimos -- Greenland -- Government relations
Eskimos -- Greenland -- Economic conditions
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Baleen whales -- Government policy
Economic history
Human ecology
Inuit -- Economic conditions
Inuit -- Fishing
Inuit -- Government relations
Politics and government
Self-determination, National
Sustainable fisheries
Whaling -- Government policy
Groenlanders.
Walvisvangst.
Duurzaamheid.
Inuits -- Groenland -- Pêche.
Baleines -- Chasse -- Groenland.
Économie de subsistance -- Groenland.
Greenland -- Politics and government
Greenland -- Economic conditions
Greenland
Form Electronic book
LC no. 97000522
ISBN 9781611681338
1611681332
0585251592
9780585251592