
The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions
Cambridge University Press
Published on 11. May 2023
Book
Hardback
850 pages
978-1-108-42993-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions is a landmark collection drawing together the history of the Arctic and Antarctica from the earliest times to the present. Structured as a series of thematic chapters, an international team of scholars offer a range of perspectives from environmental history, the history of science and exploration, cultural history, and the more traditional approaches of political, social, economic, and imperial history. The volume considers the centrality of Indigenous experience and the urgent need to build action in the present on a thorough understanding of the past. Using historical research based on methods ranging from archives and print culture to archaeology and oral histories, these essays provide fresh analyses of the discovery of Antarctica, the disappearance of Sir John Franklin, the fate of the Norse colony in Greenland, the origins of the Antarctic Treaty, and much more. This is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history of our planet.
Reviews / Votes
'[A] reference work of high order. Highly recommended.' B. M. Gough, CHOICE 'This Cambridge History is valuable for scholars of all stripes. Long-time polar specialists will find new insights, histories, and framings amid the comprehensive array of research across the chapters, while those more newly interested in engaging with the polar regions will get a thorough and well-informed introduction to the contemporary state of polar historiography.' Spencer Adams, H-NetMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 50 mm
Weight
1360 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-42993-1 (9781108429931)
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Adrian Howkins | Peder Roberts
Cambridge History of the Polar Regions
E-Book
05/2023
Cambridge University Press
€159.99
Available for download

Adrian Howkins | Peder Roberts
The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions
E-Book
05/2023
Cambridge University Press
€159.99
Available for download
Persons
Adrian Howkins is Reader in Environmental History at University of Bristol. Peder Roberts is Associate Professor of Modern History at University of Stavanger and Researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
Content
1. Introduction Peder Roberts and Adrian Howkins; 2. "I watch to see how the land is changing": An Inuit perspective on changing environments and cultural resilience in the western Canadian Arctic George Angohiatok, Bryan Vandenbrink, Ian Hogg, and Thomas McIlwraith; 3. The evolution of the Antarctic continent and its ice sheet Martin Siegert and Andrew Fountain; 4. The initial peopling of the circumpolar north Bjarne Gronnow; 5. Archaeology, politics, and Sami heritage Carl-Goesta Ojala; 6. The Norse settlement of Greenland Jette Arneborg; 7. Russia, the first Arctic empire, 1000-1917 Ryan Tucker Jones, Alexei Kraikovski, and Julia Lajus; 8. The discovery of Antarctica from Ptolemy to Shackleton Cornelia Luedecke and Erki Tammiksaar; 9. Sir John Franklin and the Northwest Passage in myth and memory Russell A. Potter; 10. The heroic age of Antarctic exploration, 1890 to the present Stephanie Barczewski; 11. Representing the polar regions through historical fiction Elizabeth Leane; 12. Geography, anthropology, and Arctic knowledge-making Richard C. Powell; 13. Britain's polar empire, 1769-1982 Daniella McCahey; 14. Canada and the high Arctic islands, 1880-1950 Janice Cavell; 15. The genesis of the Spitsbergen/Svalbard Treaty, 1871-1920 Roald Berg; 16. Industrial whaling in the Arctic and Antarctic Bjorn L. Basberg and Louwrens Hacquebord; 17. A historical archaeology of the first Antarctic labourers (ninteenth century) Melisa A. Salerno, M. Jimena Cruz, and Andres Zarankin; 18. Mining and colonialism in the circumpolar north Henrik Knudsen, Arn Keeling, and John Sandlos; 19. Creating the Soviet Arctic, 1917-1991 Andy Bruno and Ekaterina Kalemeneva; 20. Greenland: From colony to self-government, 1721-2021 Jens Heinrich; 21. Cold War environmental knowledge in the polar regions Stephen Bocking and Pey-Yi Chu; 22. The international geophysical year and the Antarctic treaty system Klaus Dodds; 23. The first century of US militarization in Alaska, 1867-1967 Matthew Farish; 24. Petroleum development and the state in Arctic North America, 1919-1977 Philip A. Wight; 25. The rise of circumpolar political movements Mark Nuttall; 26. The history of polar environmental governance Alessandro Antonello and Justiina Dahl; 27. The Antarctic extension of Latin America Pablo Fontana; 28. Moving muskoxen as an Arctic resource in the twentieth century Dolly Jorgensen; 29. Boundaries of place and time at the edge of the polar oceans Hayley Brazier and Mark Carey; 30. Restorying from within: Renewing relationships beyond the shadows of polar history Jackie Price, Rebecca Mearns, and Emilie Cameron; 31. Conclusion Liza Piper and Lize-Marie van der Watt.