Polar imperative a history of Arctic sovereignty in North America

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ISBN: 9781553656180 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1553656180 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xiv, 540 p., [4] p. of plates) : ill., maps.
Publisher: Vancouver ; Berkeley [Calif.] : Douglas & McIntyre ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West, c2010.

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.