Marine Mammals and Northern Cultures

by Canadian Circumpolar Institute, Arne Kalland, Frank Sejersen

This book focuses upon the hunting of seals and whales in the North Atlantic region, and how the activities of urban-based environmentalism has prompted responses from diverse northern peoples associated with self-determination, human rights, and sustainable development. However, the relevance of an expanding environmentalism implicitly challenges the interests and very survival of local peoples and their distinctive cultures. An historical analysis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1896445268
• ISBN13: 9781896445267
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: CCI Press, an Imprint of University of Albert
• Length: 349 Pages