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Arctica, oeuvres 1 : Écosystème arctique en haute latitude

This first volume of Arctica is devoted to Jean Malaurie’s work on Arctic ecosystems at high latitudes: findings from expeditions, observations, notes and reflections published since the end of the 1940s, with some unpublished material. (Jean Malaurie, Paris, CNRS, 2016.)

Subjects: Ethnology, Geology, geopolitics, Greenland, History

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Arctica, oeuvres 2 : Tchoukotka 1990 : de Lénine à la Pérestroïka

In 1990, a scientific expedition under the direction of Jean Malaurie sought to examine the consequences of policies aimed at the autonomy of peoples in Siberia from Lenin to Gorbachev. These 59 articles analyze the social, economic, health-related and cultural conditions of the eastern district of Chukotka, with a particular focus on shamanism. (Jean Malaurie, Paris, CNRS, 2019, 766 p.)

Subjects: Ethnology, History, Indigenous peoples, Siberia

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Arctica, oeuvres 3 : Nunavut, Nunavik : Arctique central canadien et nord-québécois

In 1968, Jean Malaurie conducted a field survey in Quebec with four specialists to study the living conditions of the Inuit, in anticipation of the creation of the Nunavik territory. The analyses and recommendations of his pro-Native report are collected, as well as articles published since the 1960s devoted to the defence of Canada’s Arctic minorities. (Jean Malaurie, Paris, CNRS, 2020, 406 p.)

Subjects: Inuit, Northern Quebec, Social sciences, Northwest Territories

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Canada’s changing North

Collection of texts providing an overview of the geography, history, economy, politics, and ethnology of the Canadian North. (Wonders, William C., Montreal : McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2003, 449 p.)

Subjects: Economy, Ethnology, Geography, History, Indigenous authors, Northern Canada, Politics

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Canadian Nordicity: it is your north, too

A seminal work on northern studies and nordicity that looks at the notion of “the North” (including perceptions and boundaries) in a Canadian context. English translation of Nordicité canadienne. (Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Montreal : Harvest House, 1979.)

Subjects: Geography, Limits of the Canadian North, Northern studies, Northern Canada, Nordicity

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Critical norths : space, nature, theory

Collection of essays about the North from a colonial, environmental, climate, and political perspective. (Sarah Jaquette Ray et Kevin Maier, Fairbanks, University of Alaska Press, 2017, 336 p.)

Subjects: Circumpolar Arctic, Climate change, Indigenous peoples, Northern studies, Nordicity

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Nordicité canadienne

A seminal work on northern studies and nordicity that looks at the notion of “the North” (including perceptions and boundaries) in a Canadian context. (Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Montréal, Hurtubise HMH, 1975, 458 p.)

Subjects: Geography, Limits of the Canadian North, Northern studies, Northern Canada, Nordicity

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The Arctic : what everyone needs to know

Klaus Dodds, Mark Nuttall

Non-fiction book seeking to answer the main questions of importance on the circumpolar North in relation with its history and the glacial environment of this region, the indigenous peoples who live there, the climate change effects, the natural resources development and the political issues involved. (Klaus Dodds & Mark Nuttall, New York, Oxford University Press, 2019)

Subjects: Circumpolar North, Climate change, Environment, geopolitics, Indigenous peoples

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The Arctic in the Anthropocene : emerging research questions

National Research Council

Reference work addressing the challenges and emerging questions of northern research in earth sciences and environmental studies. (National Research Council (U.S.), Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2014. 224 p.)

Subjects: Arctic sciences, Earth sciences, Environmental sciences, Northern studies, Research

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The Canadian north : issues and challenges

Robert M. Bone, Don Mills

A geographic, social, and economic overview of the Canadian North today, with a focus on Indigenous Peoples and natural resources, as well as issues relating to climate change and geopolitics. (Robert M. Bone, Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2012, 326 p.)

Subjects: Geography, Limits of the Canadian North, Northern studies, Northern Canada, Nordicity

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The new Arctic

Birgitta Evengård, Joan Nymand Larsen, Øyvind Paasche

Provides a multidisciplinary perspective of Arctic science today, with texts related to Indigenous studies, tourism, economics, natural resources, and governance. (Birgitta Evengård et al. [dir.], Cham (Suisse) : Springer, 2015, 352 p.)

Subjects: Arctic sciences, Circumpolar Arctic, Climate change, Indigenous peoples, Northern studies

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