Polar imperative :
Grant, Shelagh D. 1938-
Polar imperative : a history of Arctic sovereignty in North America / Shelagh D. Grant. - Vancouver ; Berkeley : Douglas & McIntyre, c2010. - xiv, 540 pages. : illustrations., maps ; 24 cm.
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.
9781553654186 (acidfree paper) 9781553656180 (ebook)
2012494726
Jurisdiction, Territorial--History.--Arctic regions
Sovereignty--History.
Arctic regions--International status--History.
Arctic regions--History.
F 1090.5 / G759 2010
971.9/02
Polar imperative : a history of Arctic sovereignty in North America / Shelagh D. Grant. - Vancouver ; Berkeley : Douglas & McIntyre, c2010. - xiv, 540 pages. : illustrations., maps ; 24 cm.
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.
9781553654186 (acidfree paper) 9781553656180 (ebook)
2012494726
Jurisdiction, Territorial--History.--Arctic regions
Sovereignty--History.
Arctic regions--International status--History.
Arctic regions--History.
F 1090.5 / G759 2010
971.9/02