Unfreezing the Arctic
Science, Colonialism, and the Transformation of Inuit Lands
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Note on Terminology
Introduction
Is the Arctic out of Time?
Chapter One
Dangerous: In the Twilight of Empires
Chapter Two
Threatened: The Ambitions and Anxieties of Expeditions
Chapter Three
Wild: Taming the Tundra
Chapter Four
Strategic: Defense and Development in Permafrost Territory
Chapter Five
Disturbed: The Impacts of a Postcolonial Moment
Epilogue
Unfrozen in Time
Acknowledgments
Archival Collections
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Forum for the History of Science in America: Philip J. Pauly Book Prize
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