Polar imperative, a history of Arctic sovereignty in North America, Shelagh D. Grant
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Polar imperative, a history of Arctic sovereignty in North America, Shelagh D. Grant
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-518) and index
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non fiction
Main title
Polar imperative
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bibliography
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754994020
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Shelagh D. Grant
Sub title
a history of Arctic sovereignty in North America
Table of 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
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History of Arctic sovereignty in North America
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