The Future History of the Arctic - How Climate, Resources Geopolitics are Reshaping North Why it

Informationen zum Autor CHARLES EMMERSON is an Australian-born writer and historian. He studied modern history at Oxford University and international relations in Paris. He is the author of The Future History of the Arctic and 1913: The World Before the Great War . He lives in London. Klappentext Long at the margins of global affairs, the Arctic now finds itself at the frontline of issues which will challenge and define our world in the twenty-first century. This title weaves together the history of the region with reportage and reflection, revealing a vast and complex area, loaded with opportunity and rich in challenges. Zusammenfassung Long at the margins of global affairs, the Arctic now finds itself at the frontline of issues which will challenge and define our world in the twenty-first century: climate change, energy security and the struggle for the world's resources, the return of great power competition and the remaking of global trade patterns. In The Future History of the Arctic , geopolitics expert Charles Emmerson weaves together the history of the region with reportage and reflection, revealing a vast and complex area, loaded with opportunity and rich in challenges. Travelling from the oil-fields of Prudhoe Bay and the Russian port of Murmansk to the shores of Greenland and the militarised borderlands of northern Norway, he brings the contemporary Arctic to life and explains why what happens there matters to the world.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Emmerson, Emmerson Charles
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780099523536
• ISBN: 978-0-09-952353-6
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; NATURE / Natural Resources, SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Globalization, Climate Change, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, HISTORY / Polar Regions, Social forecasting, future studies, Arctic regions, Energy resources, History of other geographical groupings and regions