{"product_id":"hunting-the-northern-character-paperback-softback-9780774880015","title":"Hunting the Northern Character (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774880015","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHunting the Northern Character\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTony Penikett (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774880015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.5 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 is an insider's view of Canada's North and the Arctic world generally, informed by decades of experience in all aspects of northern life – social, environmental, and economic. It is astonishingly wide-ranging and comprehensive in its approach to topics, as well as lighthearted and anecdotal. It is difficult to think of anyone who knows more, or as much, about this subject as Penikett, which makes his book indispensable reading for anyone interested in the North. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSumming Up: Essential. \u003c\/p\u003e - W. R. Morrison (CHOICE, April 2018) \u003cp\u003eThere are tantalizing snippets of memoir in this book—Penikett is an excellent writer, and there's one especially lovely description of his presence as honorary pallbearer at his former mother-in-law's funeral and potlatch. But it is largely a comprehensive review of issues such as governance, international relations (a history and critique of the Arctic Council), resource management, climate change, and social issues like poverty, education, and health. Chapters on climate change, the \"hungry ghost,\" and the complex issue of sovereignty are especially good, as Penikett honours traditional knowledge (known colloquially as TK), and the slow integration of traditional knowledge into scientific research and analysis in the Arctic.\u003c\/p\u003e - Marian Botsford Fraser (Literary Review of Canada) \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHunting The Northern Character\u003c\/em\u003e is an eloquent appeal to end condescending treatment of the one uniquely Canada region best known to the outside world.\u003c\/p\u003e - Holly Doan (Blacklock's Reporter)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanadian politicians, like many of their circumpolar counterparts, brag about their country's \"Arctic identity\" or \"northern character,\" but what do they mean, exactly? Stereotypes abound, from \u003cem\u003eDudley Do-Right \u003c\/em\u003eto \u003cem\u003eNorthern Exposure, \u003c\/em\u003ebut these southern perspectives fail to capture northern realities. In this passionate, deeply personal account of modern developments in the Canadian North, Tony Penikett corrects confused and outdated notions of a region he became fascinated with as a child and for many years called home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring decades of service as a legislator, mediator, and negotiator, Penikett bore witness to the advent of a new northern consciousness. Out of sight of New Yorkers, and far from the minds of Copenhagen's citizens, Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders came together to forge new Arctic realities as they dealt with the challenges of the Cold War, climate change, land rights struggles, and the boom and bust of resource megaprojects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lively account of their clashes and accommodations not only retraces the footsteps of Penikett's personal hunt for a northern identity but also tells the story of an Arctic that the world does not yet know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContours\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Who, What, Where? Arctic Peoples and Places\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Pawns: The Cold War\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Born in the Northern Bush: Indigenous Government\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 No Settler Need Apply: The Arctic Council\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommunity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 What You Eat and Where You Live: Poverty in the North\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Knowing Yourself: Education and Health\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Underfoot: Resources, Renewable and Non-renewable\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConflict\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 Arctic Security: Control or Cooperation?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 Hungry Ghost: Climate Change\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 Boomers and Lifers: A New Divide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Purich Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531138199832,"sku":"9780774880015","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hunting-the-northern-character-paperback-softback-9780774880015","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}