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Book Title: Native American Whalemen and the World : Indigenous Encounters and the Contingency of Race
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Nancy Shoemaker Manufacturing
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), United States / 19th Century, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Native American
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Technology & Engineering, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 15 oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
