Kenn Harper shares the tales of murderers, thieves, and fraudsters--as well as the wrongfully accused--in the early days of Northern colonization. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, settler an
Kenn Harper shares the tales of murderers, thieves, and fraudsters--as well as the wrongfully accused--in the early days of Northern colonization. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, settler and Inuit ideas of justice clashed, leading to some of the most unusual trials and punishments in history.
Each installment of In Those Days: Collected Writings on Arctic History covers a particularly fascinating aspect of traditional Inuit life. Collected from the columns of Arctic historian Kenn Harper, these volumes shed light on Inuit life and how outside forces, from Arctic exploration to the introduction of Christianity to how Canadian justice was applied in the specific context of Inuit populations, changed Inuit life in big, small, and sometimes explosive ways.
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