Few Acres of Ice : Environment, Sovereignty, and Grandeur in the French Antarctic

Martin-nielsen, Janet

ISBN 10: 1501772090 / ISBN 13: 9781501772092

Verlag: Cornell University Press, 2023

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 45762005-n

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Few Acres of Ice : Environment, Sovereignty, and Grandeur in the French Antarctic
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1501772090
• ISBN-13: 9781501772092
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: New

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A Few Acres of Ice is an in-depth study of France's complex relationship with the Antarctic, from the search for Terra Australis by French navigators in the sixteenth century to France's role today as one of seven states laying claim to part of the white continent. Janet Martin-Nielsen focuses on environment, sovereignty, and science to reveal not only the political, commercial, and religious challenges of exploration but also the interaction between environmental concerns in polar regions and the geopolitical realities of the twenty-first century.

Martin-Nielsen details how France has worked (and at times not worked) to perform sovereignty in Terre Adélie, from the territory's integration into France's colonial empire to France's integral role in making the environment matter in Antarctic politics. As a result, A Few Acres of Ice sheds light on how Terre Adeìlie has altered human perceptions and been constructed by human agency since (and even before) its discovery.

Open access edition funded by KTH-Sweden.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Janet Martin-Nielsen holds a PhD from the University of Toronto and has worked on Arctic and Antarctic history, diplomacy, and politics for Aarhus University, the University of Stavanger, and KTH Stockholm. She is the author of Eismitte in the Scientific Imagination: Knowledge and Politics at the Center of Greenland.