Muskox Land: Ellesmere Island in the Age of Contact

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pp. xxv [2] 615.Signed by the author on half title page.”This is the first large-scale monograph on the contact between Aboriginal peoples & Europeans during the era of polar exploration. It includes a comprehensive treatment & analysis of Aboriginal-European relations in the Ellesmere Island region of the High Arctic (now the Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada) in the 19th & 20th centuries. It is based on thorough research of published & unpublished primary resources on the history of north polar exploration. It gives a revealing work on both polar exploration, the sensitive issue of cultural contact & the roles of Canada, the United States, & Britain (and some Scandinavian countries) in polar exploration.”

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ISBN 1552380505
ISBN13 9781552380505
Number of pages 615
Original Title Muskox Land: Ellesmere Island in the Age of Contact
Published Date 2001
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition no dustjacket
Binding paperback
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Calgary
Edition First Edition
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pp. xxv [2] 615.Signed by the author on half title page.”This is the first large-scale monograph on the contact between Aboriginal peoples & Europeans during the era of polar exploration. It includes a comprehensive treatment & analysis of Aboriginal-European relations in the Ellesmere Island region of the High Arctic (now the Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada) in the 19th & 20th centuries. It is based on thorough research of published & unpublished primary resources on the history of north polar exploration. It gives a revealing work on both polar exploration, the sensitive issue of cultural contact & the roles of Canada, the United States, & Britain (and some Scandinavian countries) in polar exploration.”

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Weight 1 kg