| The European Antarctic: Science and Strategy in Scandinavia and the British Empire 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Roberts, P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349297054 ISBN-13: 9781349297054 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Polar Regions - Science | History - History | Europe - Scandinavia |
| Dewey: 919.89 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Arctic/Antarctic - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Scandinavian |
| 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. |