In August 2007 a Russian flag was planted under the North Pole during a scientific expedition triggering speculation about a new scramble for resources beneath

The heyday of anthropological collecting on the Northwest Coast took place between 1875 and the Great Depression. The scramble for skulls and skeletons, poles,

With a focus on China, the United States, and India, this book examines the economic ambitions of the second space race. The authors argue that space ambitions

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