America's early whalemen : Indian shore whalers on Long Island, 1650-1750 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Strong, John A., 1935- author.
Imprint:	Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2018]
Description:	xiv, 232 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Native peoples of the Americas Native peoples of the Americas.
Subject:	Indian whalers -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- History -- 17th century. Indian whalers -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- History -- 18th century. Algonquian Indians -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- History -- 17th century. Algonquian Indians -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- History -- 18th century. Whaling -- Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) Algonquian Indians Indian whalers Whaling Atlantic Ocean -- Long Island Sound New York (State) -- Long Island History
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11694145

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ISBN:	9780816537181 0816537186
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book highlights the essential contribution of Native peoples of the Northeast to shore whaling and the early development of Long Island"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Whale in Aboriginal Long Island Culture
2. Drift Whales: A Contentious Asset
3. Sachems, Entrepreneurs, and Conflicting Sovereignties
4. Origins of "Ye Whaling Design" on Long Island
5. New Needs, Old Traditions: The Cultural Impact of "Ye Whale Design"
6. Debt Peonage and Indentured Servitude
7. Papasaquin's World: Politics, Economics, and Family in Seventeenth-Century Long Island
8. Leaving the Shore: The End of an Era
Appendix 1. Examples of Whaling Contracts
Appendix 2. Whaling Contracts by Season
Appendix 3. St. George Manor
Appendix 4. Estimates of Shore Whale Catches, 1697-1 734
Appendix 5. Names of Indian Whalers and English Investors on the Whaling Contracts, 1670-1685
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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