Unfreezing the Arctic: Science, Colonialism, and the Transformation of Inuit Lands by Andrew Stuhl (review)

During World War II and the Cold War, military and industrial operations encountered novel environmental challenges, encouraging formation of the field of permafrost science. [...]invoking his own experience in the region, he calls on scholars to work with northern communities, echoing the remarkabl...

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Published inCanadian Journal of History Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 123 - 125
Main Author Bocking, Stephen
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Saskatoon University of Toronto Press 01.07.2018
Subjects
Canadian history
Colonialism
Democratization
Historians
Inuit
Northern communities
Permafrost
Science
Scientists
War
Canada
Alaska
Beaufort Sea
Arctic region
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Summary:During World War II and the Cold War, military and industrial operations encountered novel environmental challenges, encouraging formation of the field of permafrost science. [...]invoking his own experience in the region, he calls on scholars to work with northern communities, echoing the remarkable shift over the last two decades by northern researchers toward community-based inquiry. [...]one might debate the claim that the Inuvialuit Final Agreement "signaled" (111) the end of colonialism and of "outside intervention" in the western Arctic (154): decolonization has been a rather more protracted process.
ISSN:0008-4107
2292-8502
DOI:10.3138/cjh.ach.53.1.rev14