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Whaling People
Eugene Y. Arima
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Description for Whaling People
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
The Whaling People live along the west coast of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery in Washington. They comprise more than 20 First Nations, including the Nuu-chah-nulth (formerly called Nootka), Ditidaht, Pacheedaht and Makah. These socially related people enjoyed a highly organized, tradition-based culture for centuries before Europeans arrived. As whaling societies, they had a unique relationship with the sea. In The Whaling People, Eugene Arima and Alan Hoover give an intimate account of the traditional ways in which these coastal people looked at and understood the world they lived in. They present the activities, technologies and rituals that the Whaling ... Read more
The Whaling People live along the west coast of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery in Washington. They comprise more than 20 First Nations, including the Nuu-chah-nulth (formerly called Nootka), Ditidaht, Pacheedaht and Makah. These socially related people enjoyed a highly organized, tradition-based culture for centuries before Europeans arrived. As whaling societies, they had a unique relationship with the sea. In The Whaling People, Eugene Arima and Alan Hoover give an intimate account of the traditional ways in which these coastal people looked at and understood the world they lived in. They present the activities, technologies and rituals that the Whaling ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Royal British Columbia Museum Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9780772664914
SKU
V9780772664914
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Ref
99-11
About Eugene Y. Arima
Alan L. Hoover worked in the RBCM's anthropology collections for 33 years and retired in 2003, as manager of the department.
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