Relics of the Franklin Expedition : discovering artifacts from the doomed Arctic voyage of 1845 / / Garth Walpole ; edited by Russell Potter |
Autore | Walpole Garth |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 917.1904/1 |
ISBN | 1-4766-2712-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162814703321 |
Walpole Garth
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Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, , [2017] | ||
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The spectral Arctic : a history of dreams and ghosts in polar exploration / / Shane McCorristine |
Autore | McCorristine Shane |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : UCL Press, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 265 pages) |
Disciplina | 919.8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction Arctic dreams -- 1 -- Otherworldly quests for a Northwest Passage -- 19 -- Shamanism reveries wandering -- 52 -- 3 Mesmerism clairvoyance and the search for the lost Franklin expedition -- 79 -- The Franklin mystery renewed -- 139 -- Women in Arctic discourses -- 170 -- 6 The spectral place of the Franklin expedition in contemporary culture -- 201 -- Afterword The discoveries of the Erebus and Terror -- 227 -- Notes -- 234 -- Bibliography -- 241 -- Index -- 261 -- BackCover -- 267 -- Copyright. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910682515803321 |
McCorristine Shane
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London : , : UCL Press, , 2018 | ||
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Spectral Arctic : A History of Dreams and Ghosts in Polar Exploration / / Shane McCorristine |
Autore | McCorristine Shane <1983-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | University College London, 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (326) |
Soggetto topico |
Shamanism
Discoveries in geography Apparitions Shamanism - Arctic regions Apparitions - Arctic regions |
Soggetto non controllato | Social & cultural history |
ISBN | 1-78735-245-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910272351303321 |
McCorristine Shane <1983->
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University College London, 2018 | ||
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Unfreezing the Arctic : Science, Colonialism, and the Transformation of Inuit Lands / / Andrew Stuhl |
Autore | Stuhl Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 971.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration
Scientific expeditions - Canada, Northern Alaska Inuit Northwest Territories Yukon Territory arctic climate change colonialism environmental history history of science SCIENCE / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
Alaska
Inuit Northwest Territories Yukon Territory arctic climate change colonialism environmental history history of science |
ISBN | 0-226-41678-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136121903321 |
Stuhl Andrew
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Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] | ||
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