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category: History
published: Nov 2014
ISBN:9781552387207
publisher: University of Calgary Press

A Historical and Legal Study of Sovereignty in the Canadian North

Terrestrial Sovereignty, 1870-1939

by Gordon W. Smith, edited by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, foreword by Tom and Nell Smith

tagged: post-confederation (1867-), international, security (national & international), polar regions
Description

 

Gordon W. Smith, PhD, dedicated much of his life to researching Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic. His 1952 dissertation from Columbia University on “The Historical and Legal Background of Canada’s Arctic Claims” remains a foundational work on the topic, as does his 1966 chapter "Sovereignty in the North: The Canadian Aspect of an International Problem" in R. St. J. Macdonald’s The Arctic Frontier.

A Historical and Legal Study of Sovereignty in the Canadian North is the first in a project to edit and publish Smith’s unpublished opus—a manuscript on sovereignty and related Law of the Sea issues. Researched and written over three decades, this comprehensive and thoroughly documented study offers important insights into evolving understandings of Canada’s sovereignty from the original transfers of the northern territories to the young dominion through the start of the Second World War. With Arctic issues once again at the forefront of public debate, this invaluable resource—available to researchers outside of government for the first time—explains how Canada laid the historical and legal foundations to support its longstanding, well–established sovereignty over Arctic lands.

 

About the Authors

Gordon W. Smith

DR. GORDON W. SMITH (1918-2000) was a historian who spent his early career as a professor in Canada, the West Indies, and Africa. He devoted the last twenty-five years of his life to researching and writing the international history of the Canadian Arctic.

P. Whitney Lackenbauer

DR. GORDON W. SMITH (1918-2000) was a historian who spent his early career as a professor in Canada, the West Indies, and Africa. He devoted the last twenty-five years of his life to researching and writing the international history of the Canadian Arctic.

Tom and Nell Smith

DR. GORDON W. SMITH (1918-2000) was a historian who spent his early career as a professor in Canada, the West Indies, and Africa. He devoted the last twenty-five years of his life to researching and writing the international history of the Canadian Arctic.
Awards
  • Winner, Canadian Nautical Research Society Keith Matthews Award
  • Winner, BPAA Alberta Book Publishing Award for Scholarly and Academic Book
  • Winner, NASOH John Lyman Book Award for Canadian Naval and Maritime History
Editorial Reviews

 

I strongly recommend this present volume to all Canadians and others interested in issues of Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic

—Colonel (Ret'd) Brian K. Wntzell, Canadian Naval Review

 


 

One of the most comprehensive and detailed histories of Canada’s Arctic sovereignty.

—Adam Lajeunesse, Canadian Journal of History

 

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