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Antarctica
ISBN: 9780190641313
Series: What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENK)
Antarctica (Regional and Area Studies)
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9780190641313 (10-digit ISBN: 0190641312)
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- Illuminates Antarctica's history, in human and geologic scale
- Sheds light on ongoing issues of exploitation, protection, and proprietorship
- A succinct overview of the issues facing the continent, geopolitical and scientific
Part of the What Everyone Needs to Know® series, David Day's book on Antarctica examines the most forbidding and formidably inaccessible continent on Earth. Antarctica was first discovered by European explorers in 1820, and for over a century following this, countries competed for the frozen land's vast marine resources—namely, the skins and oil of seals and whales. Soon the entire territory played host to competing claims by rival nations.
The perfect primer for complex current event issues and countries…
Oxford University Press’s What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENTK) series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries, spanning across popular topics and disciplines including Politics, Economics, Sciences, and Religion. WENTKs are written by leading experts in their fields and provide, in a straight-forward question-and-answer format, insight in such a way that students and scholars alike can stay up-to-date on the most important topics leading the discussion today in politics, health, global affairs, and more.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
Part of the What Everyone Needs to Know® series, David Day's book on Antarctica examines the most forbidding and formidably inaccessible continent on Earth. Antarctica was first discovered by European explorers in 1820, and for over a century following this, countries competed for the frozen land's vast marine resources—namely, the skins and oil of seals and whales. Soon the entire territory played host to competing claims by rival nations.
- Illuminates Antarctica's history, in human and geologic scale
- Sheds light on ongoing issues of exploitation, protection, and proprietorship
- A succinct overview of the issues facing the continent, geopolitical and scientific
Series Description
The perfect primer for complex current event issues and countries…
Oxford University Press’s What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENTK) series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries, spanning across popular topics and disciplines including Politics, Economics, Sciences, and Religion. WENTKs are written by leading experts in their fields and provide, in a straight-forward question-and-answer format, insight in such a way that students and scholars alike can stay up-to-date on the most important topics leading the discussion today in politics, health, global affairs, and more.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
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