Isbn: 9789819632824 - subsistence whaling: past history and contemporary issues (4 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book examines the past history, and contemporary status of subsistence whaling. The papers derive from a symposium 'Aboriginal Whaling and Identity in the 21st Century' held at the Eleventh Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies in Vienna, Austria in September 2015. Whales, especially large baleen whales, are the largest animals targeted by many societies, prehistoric or modern, and major facets of subsistence, social structure and ideology are still deeply embedded in past and current whaling lifeways. Yet there is probably no other environmental/political issue that has attracted as much attention in the late 20th and early 21st century as whaling practices and policies. Accordingly, the papers address two major themes: 1) the extent and characteristics of major prehistoric and early historic whaling activities, and 2) case studies amongst modern whaling societies, and how these societies are impacted by current political and economic realities and by the anti-whaling movement.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Subsistence Whaling | Past History and Contemporary Issues | James M. Savelle (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | vii | Englisch | 2026 | Springer | EAN 9789819632824 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Equips readers with an up-to-date summary of current knowledge and theories on the origins and development of subsistence whaling.Provides case studies examining the economic, legal and political contexts of contemporary subsistence whaling societies.Serves as an ideal reference for the reader to situate past and contemporary whaling within the current pro- vs anti-whaling debate. 176 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Equips readers with an up-to-date summary of current knowledge and theories on the origins and development of subsistence whaling.Provides case studies examining the economic, legal and political contexts of contemporary subsistence whaling societies.Serves as an ideal reference for the reader to situate past and contemporary whaling within the current pro- vs anti-whaling debate. 176 pp. Englisch.…