| ID | 008786 |
| Call Number | 998.004971/MCG |
| Title Proper | Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | McGhee, Robert |
| Publication | USA, Oxford University Press, 2005. |
| Description | 296p Blue Spine |
| Note | A vivid portrait of the Arctic throughout history, from the Ice Age to the present day. McGhee relates the fascinating story of how the Arctic and its peoples came to be as they are, as well as how the region has been imagined over the centuries by the world outside. |
| Note | 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 |
| Standard Number | 0195183681 |
| Price. Qualification | Rs.175(Hb) |
| Classification Number | 998.004971 |
| Key Words | IGCSE ; Arctic peoples ; Arctic regions - History ; Explorers - Arctic regions ; Transfer to IBDP |