Last Imaginary Place A Human History of the Arctic World

Name: Last Imaginary Place A Human History of the Arctic World
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ISBN: 9780226500898

ISBN-10: 0226500896

ISBN-13: 9780226500898

Edition: 2007

Authors: Robert McGhee

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The Arctic of towering icebergs and midnight sun, of flaming auroras and endless winter nights, has long provoked flights of the imagination. Now, in "The Last Imaginary Place", renowned archeologist Robert McGhee lifts the veil to reveal the true Arctic world. Based on thirty years of work with native peoples of the Arctic and travel in the region, McGhee's account dispels notions of the frozen land as an exotic, remote world that exists apart from civilization. Between the frigid reality and lurid fantasy lies McGhee's true interest, the people who throughout human history have called the Arctic home. He paints a vivid portrait of Viking farmers, entrepreneurial Inuit, and Western…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgements Prelude: An Arctic Vision



After the Ice Age



A Distant Paradise: The Arctic in Ancient Thought



A Hunter's World



In Arctic Siberia



Vikings and Arctic Farmers: The Norse Atlantic Saga



Inuit



Ice and Death on the Northeast Passage



Martin Frobisher's Gold Mines



The Rape of Spitsbergen



Bay of Tragedy



Frozen Glory



The People's Land



An Arctic Journey


Useful References


Interesting Reading


Index