The future history of the Arctic [electronic resource] / Charles Emmerson

Author: Emmerson, Charles
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, [2010]
Copyright Date: ©2010
Edition: 1st ed.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 405 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map

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Contents

pt. 1. Visions. Oracles and prophets : rethinking the North ; Through a glass darkly : the Soviet Arctic -- pt. 2. Power. Northern designs : the making of the American Arctic ; Scramble : dividing the Arctic ; Parade ground : war and peace in the North -- pt. 3. Nature. Signs : nature's front line ; Consequences : reworking geography -- pt. 4. Riches. The (slow) rush for northern resources ; Russia's Arctic dilemma ; End of empire in Alaska ; Balance : Norway and the Arctic model -- pt. 5. Freedom. Greenland's search for independence ; Selling Iceland : the grand illusion.

Summary

"[The author] leads readers ... through the landscape, history, literature and politics of the North, from the wrongheaded theories of the ancients to diplomatic intrigues on the Arctic's borderlands, the brutality of the Soviet gulag archipelago, and the region's emergence as a strategically important source of energy."--Jacket p. [2].

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0786746246 (electronic bk.)
9780786746248 (electronic bk.)

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AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-389) and index.

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Mode of access: World Wide web.

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