{"product_id":"antarctica-a-biography-hardcover","title":"Antarctica: A Biography - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Day\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Captain James Cook, I have been slowly circling the Antarctic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile labouring on other books, the ice-covered continent kept\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elooming into view like an alluring mirage, suggesting itself as a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esubject worthy of closer exploration. The chance to do so came after\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI completed Conquest: How societies overwhelm others (2008), \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich examined how so-called 'supplanting societies' claim territories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand make them their own over an extended period of time. It\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas a new way of looking at the history of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Day\u003c\/strong\u003e has been a research fellow at Clare College in Cambridge and a Visiting Professor at University College Dublin, the University of Aberdeen, and the Center for Pacific and American Studies at the University of Tokyo. He is currently a research associate at La Trobe University in Melbourne. He is the author of many books, including \u003cem\u003eConquest: How Societies Overwhelm Others\u003c\/em\u003e and the award-winning \u003cem\u003eClaiming a Continent: A History of Australia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 642\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 9.4 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53057678704864,"sku":"9780199861453","price":45.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/yJmNUetWQA9780199861453.webp?v=1781379606","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/antarctica-a-biography-hardcover","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}