Overview
The continent for science is also a continent for the humanities. Despite having no indigenous human population, Antarctica has been imagined in powerful, innovative, and sometimes disturbing ways that reflect politics and culture much further north. Antarctica has become an important source of data for natural scientists working to understand global climate change. As this book shows, the tools of literary studies, history, archaeology, and more, can likewise produce important insights into the nature of the modern world and humanity more broadly.
Full Product Details
Author: Roberts Peder ,
Lize-Marié van der Watt ,
Adrian Howkins
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:
Width: 14.80cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 5.409kg
ISBN: 9781137545749
ISBN 10: 1137545747
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 14 September 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
The 13 contributing authors provide not only an impressive overview of humanities and social science approaches toward the study of Antarctica, but also clearly demonstrate that Antarctic research is relevant to more than the natural sciences. ... Antarctica and the Humanities is recommended for any historian interested in Antarctica, but it would also appeal to a maritime historian interested in more than just ships and maritime technology or trade. (Ingo Heidbrink, The Northern Mariner, Vol. 27 (1), 2017) Congratulations to Peder Roberts and his team for developing the concept of representing the humanities in Antarctica with a collection of essays ... . This hardcover first edition of Antarctica and the humanities is beautifully presented, with endnotes following each chapter, with maps and illustrations, and an index for the diverse subject matter. It has been deservedly well-received. It is a book which invites further discussion. It is, and will continue to be, a valuable reference. (Anna Lucas, Polar Record, 2017)
Author Information
Peder Roberts is Researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. His previous books include The European Antarctic: Science and Strategy in Scandinavia and the British Empire and The Surveillance Imperative: Geosciences during the Cold War and Beyond (with Simone Turchetti). Lize-Marié van der Watt is Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Arctic Research Centre at Umeå University (Arcum), Sweden. Her research publications include socio-environmental and political histories of South Africa and Antarctica. Her current work focuses on the global context of environmental and political change in the Arctic. Adrian Howkins is Associate Professor at Colorado State University, USA. His previous publications include The Polar Regions: An Environmental History (2015), as well as articles and essays in The Journal of Historical Geography, Osiris, and Environmental History. He is a PI on the NSF-funded McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research project in Antarctica.
