Announcing - Settlers on the Edge by Niobe Thompson

Settlers on the Edge : Identity and Modernization on Russia's Arctic Frontier

A new book by Niobe Thompson, who presented two documentaires at this year's Polar Libraries Colloquy in Edmonton, has been released by UBC Press.

Based on extensive research in the Arctic Russian region of Chukotka, Settlers on the Edge is the first English-language account of settler life anywhere in the circumpolar north to appear since Robert Paine's The White Arctic (1977), and the first to explore the experiences of Soviet-era migrants to the far north. Niobe Thompson describes the remarkable transformation of a population once dedicated to establishing colonial power on a northern frontier into a rooted community of locals now resisting a renewed colonial project. He also provides unique insights into the future of identity politics in the Arctic, the role of resource capital and the oligarchs in the Russian provinces, and the fundamental human questions of belonging and transience. - UBC Press web site.

Details:
ISBN: 9780774814676
$85.00 Hardcover
304 Pages

For more information about the book and ordering information, see: http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=299172237

Posted by Elise Chodat, Bibliographic Systems Library, INAC for Elaine Maloney.