Class and colonialism in Antarctic exploration, 1750-1920 /

Class and colonialism in Antarctic exploration, 1750-1920 / by Ben Maddison.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Maddison, Ben
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Pickering & Chatto, 2014.
Series:	Empires in perspective ; no. 24.
Subjects:	Imperialism > History. Social classes > Antarctica > History. Working class > Antarctica > History. Discoveries in geography. Imperialism. Social classes. Working class. Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > History. Antarctica. History.

Table of Contents:

Colonialism and the discovery of Antarctica
Antarctic explorations, colonial capitalism and circuits of necessity, 1776-1850
The first Antarctic working class
Exploration as labour
Labour as exploration : the fur frontier
Antarctic exploration and the dialectics of power
New colonialism in Antarctica
Work and class in the 'Heroic Age'