Animal rights, human rights
Subtitle: ecology, economy and ideology in the Canadian Arctic
By: by George Wenzel.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Animal rights.; Inuit -- Canada -- Cultural assimilation.; Inuit -- Canada -- Hunting.; Sealing.
Description: This study of the controversy surrounding the hunting of seals in the Canadian Arctic concentrates on the Inuit of Clyde River, Baffin Island, and traces the evolution of the traditional subsistence economy and social structure to the present cash economy, and the effects of animal rights movements on the Inuit culture. Extensive bibliography, maps and glossary of Inuit sealing terms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-202) and index.

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