The Dundee Arctic trade, 1858-1922 : people, connections and spaces on the peripheries ...

• Main Author: Ylitalo, Matthew Warren
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The University of St Andrews 2023
• Subjects: Arctic trade; Whaling; Nineteenth century; Social anchor; Maritime; Finance; Management; Casual labour; Women; Inuit; Middle class; Scotland; Dundee; Arctic; bowhead whale; inuit
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17630/sta/399; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/27394

Existing whaling historiography frames the end of the traditional whaling era in the Arctic along established interpretational and methodological paradigms. These perspectives consider the industry almost entirely within the context of ships, men, whales and the sea. This thesis shifts its attention...