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Class and Colonialism in Antarctic Exploration, 1750–1920
By Ben Maddison
Copyright 2014
272 Pages
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Between 1750 and 1920 over 15,000 people visited Antarctica. Despite such a large number the historiography has ignored all but a few celebrated explorers. Maddison presents a study of Antarctic exploration, telling the story of these forgotten facilitators, he argues that Antarctic exploration can be seen as an offshoot of European colonialism.
Introduction; Part I Colonialism, Capitalism and the Discovery of Antarctica; Chapter 1 Colonialism and the Discovery of Antarctica; Chapter 2 Antarctic Exploration, Colonial Capitalism and Circuits of Necessity, 1776'”1850; Part II Class and Antarctic Exploration, 1750'“1850; Chapter 3 The First Antarctic Working Class; Chapter 4 Exploration as Labour, 1750'“1850; Chapter 5 Labour as Exploration: the Fur Frontier; Chapter 6 Antarctic Exploration and the Dialectics of Power; Part III Imperialism and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, 1890'“1920; Chapter 7 New Colonialism in Antarctica; Chapter 8 Work and Class in the 'Heroic Age'; Chapter 9 Concluding Reflections;
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