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Article: Twentieth-Century Shore-Station Whaling in Newfoundland and Labrador.(Book review)
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- September 1, 2007
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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TWENTIETH-CENTURY SHORE-STATION WHALING IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR. By ANTHONY B. DICKINSON and CHESLEY W. SANGER. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-7735-2881-4. xvii + 254 p., maps., b & w illus., appendices, notes, bib., index. Hardbound. Cdn$49.95.
Whales and whaling have aroused literary and scholarly interest for many reasons. Among them are the grandeur of these large species; their spiritual, nutritional, social, and commercial importance to coastal peoples who depend upon living marine resources; the historical and present challenges met in their capture, use, and management as resources; and questions inspired by their behavior.
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