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Polar imperative : a history of Arctic sovereignty in North America / Shelagh D. Grant.
- Title
- Polar imperative : a history of Arctic sovereignty in North America / Shelagh D. Grant.
- Author
- Grant, Shelagh D. (Shelagh Dawn), 1938-2020
- Publication
- Vancouver ; Berkeley : Douglas & McIntyre, ©2010.
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- Description
- xiv, 540 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Based on Shelagh Grant?s groundbreaking archival research and drawing on her reputation as a leading historian in the field, Polar Imperative is a compelling overview of the historical claims of sovereignty over this continent?s polar regions. This engaging, timely history examines the unfolding implications of major climate changes; the impact of resource exploitation on the indigenous peoples; the current high-stakes game for control over the adjacent waters of Alaska, Arctic Canada and Greenland; the events, issues and strategies that have influenced claims to authority over the lands and waters of the North American Arctic, from the arrival of the first inhabitants around 3,000 BCE to the present; and sovereignty from a comparative point of view within North America and parallel situations in the European and Asian Arctic.
- Subject
- Jurisdiction, Territorial > Arctic regions > History
- Sovereignty > History
- Indigenous peoples > Civil rights > Arctic regions
- Compétence territoriale > Arctique > Histoire
- Autochtones > Droits > Arctique
- Souveraineté > Histoire
- Indigenous peoples > Civil rights
- International law
- Jurisdiction, Territorial
- Sovereignty
- Souveränität > Arktis
- Selbstverwaltung
- Souveränität
- Supranationalität
- Arctic
- Territorial sovereignty
- International status
- Indigenous peoples
- International relations
- Arctic regions > History
- Arctique > Histoire
- Arctic Regions
- Arktis
- Arktis > Geschichte
- Nordamerika
- Arktis
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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 -- Postware and Cold War, 1946-91 -- Arctic oil and Aboriginal rights, 1960-2004 -- Beginning of a new era -- Conflicts and challenges.
- ISBN
- 9781553654186
- 1553654188
- 9781553656180
- 1553656180
- 9781553658061
- 155365806X
- LCCN
- 2012494726
- OCLC
- 501387542
- SCSB-12157656
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library