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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Busch, Briton Cooper. Whaling will never do for me. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c1994 (OCoLC)656217706 |
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Briton Cooper Busch |
| ISBN: | 0813118387 9780813118383 |
| OCLC Number: | 28021805 |
| Description: | xii, 265 p. : map ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction: The American Whaleman -- 2. Crime and Punishment -- 3. Race and Status -- 4. Work Stoppages -- 5. Whalemen and American Consuls Abroad -- 6. Desertion -- 7. The Practice of Religion -- 8. Whalemen's Women, Whalemen's Wives -- 9. The Festive and the Ceremonial -- 10. Waterfront Havens and the Honolulu Riot of 1852. |
| Responsibility: | Briton Cooper Busch. |
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