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I May Be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination
Examines the cultural history of English explorations of Earth’s polar regions.
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About the Hearth: Perspectives on the Home, Hearth and Household in the Circumpolar North
Through interdisciplinary work in the circumpolar north, About the Hearth refocuses on issues of material culture and social organization in indigenous and local communities. In the process, it makes some compelling ethnographic and theoretical arguments.
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Cultivating Arctic Landscapes: Knowing and Managing Animals in the Circumpolar North
Cultivating Arctic Landscapes gives a well-rounded portrait of wildlife management, aboriginal rights, and politics in the circumpolar north. The book reveals unexpected continuities between socialist and capitalist ecological styles, and addresses the problems facing a new era of cultural exchanges between aboriginal peoples in each region.
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Ice Blink: Navigating Northern Environmental History
Northern Canada’s distinctive landscapes, its complex social relations and the contested place of the North in contemporary political, military, scientific and economic affairs have fueled recent scholarly discussion. At the same time, both the media and the wider public have shown increasing interest in the region. This collection extends our understanding of the environmental history of northern Canada—clarifying both its practice and promise, and providing critical perspectives on current public debates.