An edition of The Last Whalers (2018)
The Last Whalers
Three Years in the Far Pacific with a Courageous Tribe and a Vanishing Way of Life
By Doug Bock Clark
Publish Date
Jan 08, 2019
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Language
eng
Pages
368
Description:
A journalist draws on his immersive visits to the remote Indonesian island of the Lamalerans, the world's last subsistence whalers, to profile their way of life and illuminate how their indigenous culture is succumbing to the modern world.
subjects: Indigenous peoples, Ethnology, indonesia, Whaling, Whalers (Persons), Lamaholot (Indonesian people), Social life and customs, Lamaholot (Peuple d'Indonésie), Mœurs et coutumes, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Anthropology, General, Regional Studies, Sociology, Manners and customs, Travel, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Coastal Regions & Shorelines, NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies