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Muskox land, Ellesmere Island in the age of contact, Lyle Dick

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Muskox land, Ellesmere Island in the age of contact, Lyle Dick

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 573-600) and index

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illustrationsmaps

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Muskox land

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bibliography

Oclc number

47740942

Responsibility statement

Lyle Dick

Series statement

Parks and heritage series,, 5, 1494-0426

Sub title

Ellesmere Island in the age of contact

Table Of Contents

Geography and climatic history of Ellesmere Island -- High Arctic exosystems and human history -- Inughuit culture in the High Arctic, 1800-1900 -- The Inuit on Ellesmere island and exchanges with the Inughuit in the Ninteenth Century -- European Cultures in the High Arctic, 1818-1940 -- Early exploration of the High Arctic by Europeans, 1818-1890 -- "Mine at Last": Robert e. Peary's Polar expeditions, 1890-1909 -- Assertion of Canadian Sovereignty over the High Arctic, 1895-1940 -- Adventurers, big-Game hunters, and scientists on Ellesmere Island, 1934-40 -- Matieral and technological adaptations of the contact era -- Intercultural relations in the contact era -- Cultural contact and High Arctic ecology, 1818-1940 -- Circumstance: relocations of the Inuit to the High Arctic, 1951-2000 -- Change: adaptation to new natural and cultural environments, 1951-2000 -- Continuity reasserted: Inuit, the seasons, and the land, 1951-2000

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