Native American whalemen and the world :: the contingency of race /

In the 19th century, nearly all Native American men living along the southern New England coast made their living travelling the world's oceans on whaleships. Many were career whalemen, spending 20 years or more at sea. Exploring the shifting racial ideologies that shaped their lives, Nancy Sho...

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1. Verfasser: Shoemaker, Nancy, 1958-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Ausgabe:First edition.
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Zusammenfassung:In the 19th century, nearly all Native American men living along the southern New England coast made their living travelling the world's oceans on whaleships. Many were career whalemen, spending 20 years or more at sea. Exploring the shifting racial ideologies that shaped their lives, Nancy Shoemaker shows how the category of 'Indian' was as fluid as the whalemen were mobile.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469623351
1469623358
1469622572
9781469622576

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