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1. Introduction.- 2. Origins and Development of Subsistence Whaling.- 3. Zooarchaeology and Modern Whaling 10 Years on: A case study of the Faroese long-finned pilot whale drive.- 4. Optimal Foraging, Costly Signaling and Nuu-chah-nulth Whaling.- 5. Precontact Inuit Whaling and Identity in the Eastern Arctic.- 6. The Exploitation of the Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in Northern and North-Western Europe: A Diachronic Study.- 7. Prehistoric and Early Historic Whaling in Japan.- 8. A Comparative Study of Contemporary Aboriginal Bowhead Whale Hunting in Alaska and Arctic Canada.- 9. "The Whale Brings Us Together": Humanistic Approaches to Cultural Resilience to Climate Change on the Arctic Slope of Alaska.- 10. Whaling and the Indigenous Rights of the Nuu-chah-nulth People on Canada's Northwest Coast.- 11. A Note on the Feasibility of Whale Watching in Bequia, St.Vincent and the Grenadines.- 12. The Anglosphere and the Construction of Anti-whaling and Anti-Japan Discourse.- 13. Concluding Remarks.

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      Publisher: Springer
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/11/2025
      ISBN13: 9789819632794, 978-9819632794
      ISBN10: 981963279X

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      Book Synopsis
      1. Introduction.- 2. Origins and Development of Subsistence Whaling.- 3. Zooarchaeology and Modern Whaling 10 Years on: A case study of the Faroese long-finned pilot whale drive.- 4. Optimal Foraging, Costly Signaling and Nuu-chah-nulth Whaling.- 5. Precontact Inuit Whaling and Identity in the Eastern Arctic.- 6. The Exploitation of the Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in Northern and North-Western Europe: A Diachronic Study.- 7. Prehistoric and Early Historic Whaling in Japan.- 8. A Comparative Study of Contemporary Aboriginal Bowhead Whale Hunting in Alaska and Arctic Canada.- 9. "The Whale Brings Us Together": Humanistic Approaches to Cultural Resilience to Climate Change on the Arctic Slope of Alaska.- 10. Whaling and the Indigenous Rights of the Nuu-chah-nulth People on Canada's Northwest Coast.- 11. A Note on the Feasibility of Whale Watching in Bequia, St.Vincent and the Grenadines.- 12. The Anglosphere and the Construction of Anti-whaling and Anti-Japan Discourse.- 13. Concluding Remarks.

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