Frozen Assets: British Mining, Exploration, and Geopolitics on Spitsbergen, 1904-53 - ter verkrijging van doctoraat in de Faculteit der letteren aan ... in het openbaar te verdedigen op 19 dec - Couverture souple

Kruse, Frigga

 
9789491431333: Frozen Assets: British Mining, Exploration, and Geopolitics on Spitsbergen, 1904-53 - ter verkrijging van doctoraat in de Faculteit der letteren aan ... in het openbaar te verdedigen op 19 dec

Synopsis

The focus of this book is the role of Great Britain in the industrial development of Spitsbergen. The primary aim of this study is to explain the British operations on Spitsbergen from a historical international comparative perspective. Hence, the central research question is: What were the driving forces behind the development of the British mining industry on Spitsbergen between 1904 and 1953?

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