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This Is A Study Of The Nature And Role Of Science In The Exploration Of The Canadian Arctic, Beginning With The Northwest Passage Expeditions Of The Royal Navy In 1818 And Ending With The Canadian Arctic Expedition Of 1913-1918. 1. Science And The Navy -- 2. The Navy And The Northwest Passage After The Napoleonic Wars: 1817-1834 -- 3. Overland To The Arctic, Surveyors And Naturalists: The Royal Navy And The Hudson's Bay Company -- 4. Mid-century: The Admiralty Manual And The State Of Arctic Science -- 5. Constructive Rivalry: The Navy And The Hudson's Bay Company: John Franklin And The Search Expeditions -- 6. The Arctic Crusade: National Pride, International Affairs, And Science -- 7. Science North: The British Arctic Expedition 1875-76 -- 8. From Nationalism To Internationalism In Science: The International Polar Year 1882-1883 -- 9. Science Without Borders, Or Scientific Territory: Imperialism And Emergent Nationalism Before 1918 -- 10. New Lands And Seas: Vilhjalmur Stefansson: Science, Territory And Government. Trevor H. Levere. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Author

Trevor Harvey Levere

Publisher

Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521524919

Subjects

Science, History, Stem