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'This elegantly written, well-researched, and thoughtful study is a major contribution to twentieth-century polar history. Drawing upon unpublished documents in Norwegian, Swedish, and English, Roberts weaves a fascinating and persuasive account of the changing relations between science and commerce as well as science and national honor in a path breaking contribution to the history of twentieth-century Antarctic exploration.' Robert Marc Friedman, professor of History of Science, University of Oslo & Tromsø and associate research scholar, Johns Hopkins University
'In this erudite and tightly argued book, Peder Roberts confirms his status as one of the most exciting early career scholars working on the history of science, with a particular focus on the Polar Regions. The material presented here offers us a fascinating transnational analysis of how Britain, Norway, and Sweden explored, studied, and governed the Antarctic. More generally, it offers a plethora of theoretical and methodological insights into how to write about the histories and geographies of science and thus deserves to be read widely.' Klaus Dodds, professor, Royal Holloway, University of London and author of Pink Ice: Britain and the South Atlantic Empire and A Very Short Introduction to the Antarctic
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The European Antarctic
Book Subtitle: Science and Strategy in Scandinavia and the British Empire
Authors: Peder Roberts
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230337909
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Peder Roberts 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-11591-0Published: 25 November 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-29705-4Published: 25 November 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-33790-9Published: 19 December 2011
Series ISSN: 2945-6630
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6649
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 266
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, History of Science, Imperialism and Colonialism, World History, Global and Transnational History, Cultural History, European History