| Description |
xiv, 540 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references 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. |
| Subject |
Arctic regions -- International status -- History.
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Jurisdiction, Territorial -- Arctic regions -- History.
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Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights -- Arctic regions.
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Arctic regions -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781553654186 |
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1553654188 |
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