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Polar imperative : a history of Arctic sovereignty in North America
- Title
- Polar imperative : a history of Arctic sovereignty in North America / Shelagh D. Grant.
- Author
- Grant, Shelagh D. (Shelagh Dawn), 1938-2020.
- Publication
- Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, c2010.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 540 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-518) and index.
- Contents
- Defining the parameters -- First inhabitants, 3000 BC-1500 AD -- Merchants and monarchs, 1500-1814 -- The British admiralty and the Arctic, 1818-53 -- Purchase of Alaska, 1818-67 -- Sale of Rupert's Land, 1870 -- British transfer of the Arctic Islands, 1870-1900 -- Perfecting sovereign titles, 1900-38 -- World War II, 1939-45 -- Postwar and Cold War, 1946-91 -- Arctic oil and Aboriginal rights, 1960-2004 -- Beginning of a new era -- Conflicts and challenges.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-248
- ISBN
- 9781553654186
- 1553654188
- OCLC
- 501387542
- Author
- Grant, Shelagh D. (Shelagh Dawn), 1938-2020.
- Title
- Polar imperative : a history of Arctic sovereignty in North America / Shelagh D. Grant.
- Imprint
- Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, c2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-518) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-248