New Book Reviews in Northern Studies: The Northern Review, Spring 2010

From: Brad Martin [bmartin@yukoncollege.yk.ca]

 

New Book Reviews in Northern Studies: The Northern Review, Spring 2010

 

In an effort to generate discussion in the northern studies community about recent works in the field, book reviews from the upcoming Spring 2010 issue of The Northern Review have been published on the homepage of the Northern Research Network (NRN) website. Book titles and reviewers are listed below. The NRN homepage is here: http://northernresearchnetwork.electrified.ca. NRN members will also find the reviews in the book reviews section of the website.

 

Authors and others are encouraged to respond to the reviews in writing. Responses will be edited by the book review editor of The Northern Review and posted on the NRN website in an effort to stimulate constructive discussion. For details, contact the book reviews editor, Brad Martin, at bmartin@yukoncollege.yk.ca.  

In the near future, book reviews published in print by The Northern Review will be available on the new journal website.

The Northern Review is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal concerned with exploration of human experience in the North. Yukon College publishes the journal twice a year, in spring and fall. Submissions in the social sciences, humanities and arts are welcome. Contact managing editor Deanna McLeod at dmcleod@yukoncollege.yk.ca or visit http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/review.

Book Reviews:

 

Biocultural Diversity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Human Ecology in the Arctic. By Karim Aly-Kassam. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2009. Reviewed by Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox, PhD, Fox Consulting, Yellowknife, NT, Canada.

 

Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land. By Hans M. Carlson. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2008. Reviewed by John Sandlos, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

 

Arctic Front: Defending Canada in the Far North. By Ken S. Coates, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, William R. Morrsion, and Greg Poelzer. Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers, 2008. Reviewed by Douglas Clark, University of Saskatchewan.

 

Alutiiq Villages under Russian and U.S. Rule. By Sonja Luehrmann. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2008. Reviewed by Nadia Jackinsky-Horrell, University of Washington.

 

Family and Community Life in Northeastern Ontario: The Interwar Years. By Françoise Noël. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press 2009. Reviewed by Peter V. Krats, University of Western Ontario.

 

Legacies and Change in Polar Sciences: Historical, Legal and Political Reflections on the International Polar Year. By Jessica M. Shadian and Monica Tennberg, eds.  Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2009. Reviewed by Adam M. Sowards, University of Idaho.

 

White Lies about the Inuit. By John L. Steckley. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2008. Reviewed by Frank Tester, School of Social Work, University of British Columbia, and Department of Native Studies, University of Manitoba.

 

The Big Thaw: Travels in the Melting North. By Ed Struzik. Mississauga, Ontario: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd., 2009. Reviewed by Ross Coen, University of Alaska Fairbanks, former Climate Change Policy Analyst for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

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