Polar imperative a history of Arctic sovereignty in North America
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- ISBN: 9781553656180 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1553656180 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (xiv, 540 pages) : illustrations, maps - Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, ©2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-518) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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