Grant, Shelagh D.  1938- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781553654186 (acidfree paper) 9781553656180 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012494726 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jurisdiction, Territorial--History.--Arctic regions<br/>Sovereignty--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Arctic regions--International status--History.<br/>Arctic regions--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F 1090.5  / G759 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>971.9/02