| The European Antarctic: Science and Strategy in Scandinavia and the British Empire 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Roberts, P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230115918 ISBN-13: 9780230115910 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Polar Regions - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Europe - Scandinavia |
| Dewey: 919.89 |
| LCCN: 2011023660 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (1.00 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Scandinavian - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Arctic/Antarctic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first transnational study of British, Norwegian, and Swedish engagement with the Antarctic. Rather than charting how Europeans unveiled the Antarctic, it uses the history of Antarctic activity as a window into the political and cultural worlds of twentieth-century Britain and Scandinavia. |