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Canada and Arctic North America

Author : Graeme Wynn
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106019102869

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Canada and Arctic North America by Graeme Wynn Pdf

This comprehensive treatment of the environmental history of northern North America offers a compelling account of the complex encounters of people, technology, culture, and ecology that shaped modern-day Canada and Alaska. From the arrival of the earliest humans to the very latest scientific controversies, the environmental history of Canada and Arctic North America is dramatic, diverse, and crucial for the very survival of the human race. Packed with key facts and analysis, this expert guide explores the complex interplay between human societies and the environment from the Aleutian Islands to the Grand Banks and from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Islands How has the challenging environment of America's most northerly regions—with some areas still dominated by native peoples—helped shape politics and trade? What have been the consequences of European contact with this region and its indigenous inhabitants? How did natives and newcomers cope with, and change this vast and forbidding territory? Can a perspective on the past help us in grappling with the conflict between oil exploration and wilderness preservation on the North Slope of Alaska? Part of ABC-CLIO's Nature and Human Societies series, this unique work charts the region's environmental history from prehistory to modern times and is essential reading for students and experts alike.

The North American Arctic

Author : Dwayne Ryan Menezes,Heather N. Nicol
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781787356627

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The North American Arctic by Dwayne Ryan Menezes,Heather N. Nicol Pdf

The North American Arctic addresses the emergence of a new security relationship within the North American North. It focuses on current and emerging security issues that confront the North American Arctic and that shape relationships between and with neighbouring states (Alaska in the US; Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada; Greenland and Russia). Identifying the degree to which ‘domain awareness’ has redefined the traditional military focus, while a new human rights discourse undercuts traditional ways of managing sovereignty and territory, the volume’s contributors question normative security arrangements. Although security itself is not an obsolete concept, our understanding of what constitutes real human-centred security has become outdated. The contributors argue that there are new regionally specific threats originating from a wide range of events and possibilities, and very different subjectivities that can be brought to understand the shape of Arctic security and security relationships in the twenty-first century.

Polar Imperative

Author : Shelagh D. Grant
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1553656180

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Polar Imperative by Shelagh D. Grant Pdf

Based on Shelagh Grant’s groundbreaking archival research and drawing on her reputation as a leading historian in the field, Polar Imperative is a compelling overview of the historical claims of sovereignty over this continent’s polar regions. This engaging, timely history examines: the unfolding implications of major climate changes the impact of resource exploitation on the indigenous peoples the current high-stakes game for control over the adjacent waters of Alaska, Arctic Canada and Greenland the events, issues and strategies that have influenced claims to authority over the lands and waters of the North American Arctic, from the arrival of the first inhabitants around 3,000 BCE to the present sovereignty from a comparative point of view within North America and parallel situations in the European and Asian Arctic This book will become a standard reference on Arctic history and will redefine North Americans’ understanding of the sovereign rights and responsibilities of Canada’s northernmost region.

Governing the North American Arctic

Author : Dawn Alexandrea Berry,Nigel Bowles,Halbert Jones
Publisher : Springer
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137493910

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Governing the North American Arctic by Dawn Alexandrea Berry,Nigel Bowles,Halbert Jones Pdf

Though it has been home for centuries to indigenous peoples who have mastered its conditions, the Arctic has historically proven to be a difficult region for governments to administer. Extreme temperatures, vast distances, and widely dispersed patterns of settlement have made it impossible for bureaucracies based in far-off capitals to erect and maintain the kind of infrastructure and institutions that they have built elsewhere. As climate change transforms the polar regions, this book seeks to explore how the challenges of governance are developing and being met in Alaska, the Canadian Far North, and Greenland, while also drawing upon lessons from the region's past. Though the experience of each of these jurisdictions is unique, their place within democratic, federal systems and the prominence within each of them of issues relating to the rights of indigenous peoples situates them as part of an identifiably 'North American Arctic.' Today, as this volume shows, their institutions are evolving to address contemporary issues of security, environmental protection, indigenous rights, and economic development.

North America's Arctic Borders

Author : Heather Nicol,Andrew Chater
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780776629612

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North America's Arctic Borders by Heather Nicol,Andrew Chater Pdf

Although part of a broader circumpolar world, North America’s Arctic and sub-Arctic borders—and the establishment of new boundaries in the wake of significant, and regionally unique, change—are increasingly relevant in the broader, global world. Indeed, the Arctic reality has been dramatically reshaped by new territorial configurations and comprehensive land claims; increasing flows of international investment and trade focused upon resource industries and hydrocarbon extraction; the growing importance and role of sub-national entities, organizations, and Indigenous governments; shifting geopolitical interests; and existential challenges created by climate change and environmental security. This book demonstrates how North America’s Arctic borders are being reshaped by globalization even as these borders are adjusting to new internal pressures such as devolution and the rise of sub-national territorial interests.

Politics and Development in the North American Arctic

Author : Roman S. Czarny,Magdalena Tomala,Iwona Wrońska
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781800437166

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Politics and Development in the North American Arctic by Roman S. Czarny,Magdalena Tomala,Iwona Wrońska Pdf

The monograph analyzes international relations in the Arctic from two perspectives: cooperation and competition. The following question was asked: does rivalry outweigh cooperation in the Arctic or is it the other way round; do the entities manage to gain the benefits of cooperation?

Arctic Front

Author : Ken S. Coates,P. Whitney Lackenbauer,William R. Morrion,Greg Poelzer
Publisher : Dundurn.com
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887628405

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Arctic Front by Ken S. Coates,P. Whitney Lackenbauer,William R. Morrion,Greg Poelzer Pdf

An energetic and engaging collaboration by four of Canada's leading Northern specialists, Arctic Front is a clarion call to all Canadians about our endangered Arctic region.

Canada and the Changing Arctic

Author : Franklyn Griffiths,Rob Huebert,P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781554584147

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Canada and the Changing Arctic by Franklyn Griffiths,Rob Huebert,P. Whitney Lackenbauer Pdf

Global warming has had a dramatic impact on the Arctic environment, including the ice melt that has opened previously ice-covered waterways. State and non-state actors who look to the region and its resources with varied agendas have started to pay attention. Do new geopolitical dynamics point to a competitive and inherently conflictual “race for resources”? Or will the Arctic become a region governed by mutual benefit, international law, and the achievement of a widening array of cooperative arrangements among interested states and Indigenous peoples? As an Arctic nation Canada is not immune to the consequences of these transformations. In Canada and the Changing Arctic: Sovereignty, Security, and Stewardship, the authors, all leading commentators on Arctic affairs, grapple with fundamental questions about how Canada should craft a responsible and effective Northern strategy. They outline diverse paths to achieving sovereignty, security, and stewardship in Canada’s Arctic and in the broader circumpolar world. The changing Arctic region presents Canadians with daunting challenges and tremendous opportunities. This book will inspire continued debate on what Canada must do to protect its interests, project its values, and play a leadership role in the twenty-first-century Arctic. Forewords by Senator Hugh Segal and former Minister of Foreign Affairs and of National Defence Bill Graham.

The Arctic Frontier

Author : Ronald St. John MacDonald
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1966-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487586416

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The Arctic Frontier by Ronald St. John MacDonald Pdf

The idea of the Arctic Ocean as a mediterranean sea is a shock to those of us—and that includes most of us—who cannot shake ourselves free of the Mercatorean vision. Yet this theme is repeated by many of the eminent ocntributors to this volume: as Michael Marsden states, "IT is difficult to impress upon the public and industry at large that the most essential quality of the Arctic is not cold, or gold, or polar bears, but a central position in the world community." This book, then, is about the North as a frontier, and about Canada's relations with the world beyond that frontier. It is about the Arctic community of which Canada is one of the major members, along with the Soviet Union, the United States, Denmark, Iceland, and Norway. It is also an exercise in perspective. Canadians have long been aware of the significance of their Atlantic and Pacific frontiers and of the implications of their Southern frontier. This volume points out that Canada is not a three-sided country. While it does not neglect the military importance of the Arctic, it endeavours to widen the scope of interest. But it does not present the familiar arguments about the surpassing importance of the Arctic. It deflates as well as inflates. Its purpose is to assess as precisely as possible the implications of the Arctic frontier, not to induce either visions or nightmares. It is intended not only for Canadians but for all those who are interested in the polar regions or in the shape of the world at large. The papers in this volume were assembled in collaboration by the Canadian Institute of International Affairs and the Arctic Institute of North America.

Stefansson and the Canadian Arctic

Author : Richard J. Diubaldo
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0773518150

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Stefansson and the Canadian Arctic by Richard J. Diubaldo Pdf

Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962) was Canada's greatest modern arctic explorer, theorist, writer, and pioneer ethnologist. For the first quarter of the twentieth century his ideas captured the imagination of Canadians and gave them a sense of Canada's nor

Arctic Imperative

Author : John Honderich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : UCAL:B5118355

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Arctic Imperative by John Honderich Pdf

Claims of Canada's piecemeal approach to the far North, failing to recognize that issues which have been dealt with separately - sovereignty, security, economic development, star wars - require integration into a comprehensive policy. Argues persuasively that the time has come for such integration.

Arctic Clothing of North America-Alaska, Canada, Greenland

Author : J.C.H. King
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780773573284

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Arctic Clothing of North America-Alaska, Canada, Greenland by J.C.H. King Pdf

In the Arctic, sea and land animals provide the raw materials for garments that allow people to hunt and survive in the world's harshest conditions.

China's Arctic Ambitions and what They Mean for Canada

Author : P. Whitney Lackenbauer,Adam Lajeunesse,James Manicom,Frédéric Lasserre
Publisher : Beyond Boundaries
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : 1552389014

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China's Arctic Ambitions and what They Mean for Canada by P. Whitney Lackenbauer,Adam Lajeunesse,James Manicom,Frédéric Lasserre Pdf

Annotation This title addresses China's ever increasing interest in the Arctic, and in Canada's Far North in particular. It offers a holistic approach to the subject - covering resource development, shipping, scientific research, governance, and military strategy - to better understand both Chinese motivations and the potential impacts of a greater Chinese presence in the circumpolar region. The book draws on extensive research into published Chinese government documentation, secondary source analysis, business and media reports, and the existing academic literature.

Canada and Arctic North America

Author : Graeme Wynn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781851094424

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Canada and Arctic North America by Graeme Wynn Pdf

This comprehensive treatment of the environmental history of northern North America offers a compelling account of the complex encounters of people, technology, culture, and ecology that shaped modern-day Canada and Alaska. From the arrival of the earliest humans to the very latest scientific controversies, the environmental history of Canada and Arctic North America is dramatic, diverse, and crucial for the very survival of the human race. Packed with key facts and analysis, this expert guide explores the complex interplay between human societies and the environment from the Aleutian Islands to the Grand Banks and from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Islands How has the challenging environment of America's most northerly regions—with some areas still dominated by native peoples—helped shape politics and trade? What have been the consequences of European contact with this region and its indigenous inhabitants? How did natives and newcomers cope with, and change this vast and forbidding territory? Can a perspective on the past help us in grappling with the conflict between oil exploration and wilderness preservation on the North Slope of Alaska? Part of ABC-CLIO's Nature and Human Societies series, this unique work charts the region's environmental history from prehistory to modern times and is essential reading for students and experts alike.

North America's Arctic Borders

Author : Heather Nicol,Andrew Chater
Publisher : Collection 101
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 077662959X

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North America's Arctic Borders by Heather Nicol,Andrew Chater Pdf

Although part of a broader circumpolar world, North America's Arctic and sub-Arctic borders--and the establishment of new boundaries in the wake of significant, and regionally unique, change--are increasingly relevant in the broader, global world. Indeed, the Arctic reality has been dramatically reshaped by new territorial configurations and comprehensive land claims; increasing flows of international investment and trade focused upon resource industries and hydrocarbon extraction; the growing importance and role of sub-national entities, organizations, and Indigenous governments; shifting geopolitical interests; and existential challenges created by climate change and environmental security. This book demonstrates how North America's Arctic borders are being reshaped by globalization even as these borders are adjusting to new internal pressures such as devolution and the rise of sub-national territorial interests. Published in English.