{"product_id":"acts-of-occupation-canada-and-arctic-sovereignty-1918-25-paperback-softback-9780774818681","title":"Acts of Occupation; Canada and Arctic Sovereignty, 1918-25 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774818681","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eActs of Occupation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCanada and Arctic Sovereignty, 1918-25\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJanice Cavell (Author), Jeff Noakes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774818681\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 July 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages, 35 b\u0026amp;w photos, 5 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis well-written and readable work deserves a place on the bookshelves of historians, students, and popular readers interested in the Canadian Arctic ... the recent flurry of books on the Canadian North has included several broad and sweeping studies of Canad's Arctic policy ... however, more detailed works that fully explore the contours of Canada's Arctic policy are required. Other historians should follow the lead of Cavell and Noakes to describe the progression of Canada's policy since the country received its Arctic Archipelago in 1880 because many historical policy issues are still germane to debates about the Arctic today. - Peter Kikkert, University of Western Ontario (Polar Record, Vol. 64, No. 4) \u003cp\u003eThis well-written and readable work deserves a place on the bookshelves of historians, students, and popular readers interested in the Canadian Arctic. High-quality photographs and maps add to the story of adventure, exploration, and intrigue that the authors set out to tell. Moreover, this history is both timely and important.\u003c\/p\u003e - Peter Kikkert, University of Western Ontario (Arctic)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs climate change threatens to open the Northwest Passage to ice-free travel, Canadian sovereignty over the Arctic has come to the fore. Although Canada's claim to the Arctic archipelago is now firmly entrenched in the minds of Canadians, less than a century ago, that claim was much less secure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eActs of Occupation\u003c\/em\u003e draws on a wealth of previously untapped archival sources to piece together the engrossing story of how one explorer's self-serving ambition ultimately led Canada to craft and defend a decisive Arctic policy. Historians Cavell and Noakes show how unfounded paranoia about Danish designs on the north, fueled by a deliberate campaign of deceit and fear-mongering, was the catalyst for Canada's active administrative occupation of the Arctic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA compelling tale, \u003cem\u003eActs of Occupation\u003c\/em\u003e throws new light on a transformative period in the history of Canadian Arctic policy and provides much-needed historical context for contemporary debates on northern sovereignty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Policy of Secrecy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Taking Hold of the North\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 The Danish Threat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 An Expedition to Ellesmere Land\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 A Citizen of the British Empire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Rasmussen in London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Wrangel Island\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Stefansson in London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 The Sector Claim\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Canada of Itself\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531054575896,"sku":"9780774818681","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/acts-of-occupation-canada-and-arctic-sovereignty-1918-25-paperback-softback-9780774818681","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}