Gordon W Smith

Biographic Data

ID3607042
NAMEGordon W Smith
GIVEN NAMESGordon W
FAMILY NAMESmith
SIGNATURESMITH G W
AFFILIATIONSRice University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS15
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1930
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • “This was not the time for this type of 1890 imperialism”

    Gordon W Smith, P Whitney LackenbauerARTICLEThe Northern Mariner / Le marin…2022

    This article is drawn from the unpublished second volume of Gordon Smith’s magnum opus, A Historical and Legal Study of Sovereignty in the Canadian North and Related Law of the Sea Problems. Edited and introduced by P. Whitney Lackenbauer, this article explores Canada-United States relations over Greenland in 1940, particularly whether Canada or the United States would secure de facto control over Greenland and its unique supply of cryolite, esse…

  • A Historical and Legal Study of Sovereignty in the Canadian North

    Gordon W Smith, P Whitney LackenbauerBOOKA Historical and Legal Study of…2014

    Gordon W. Smith, PhD, dedicated much of his life to researching Canada's sovereignty in the Arctic. A historian by training, his 1952 dissertation from Columbia University on "The Historical and Legal Background of Canada's Arctic Claims" remains a foundational work on the topic, as does his 1966 chapter "Sovereignty in the North: The Canadian Aspect of an International Problem," in R. St. J. Macdonald's The Arctic Frontier. This work is the firs…

  • Ostpolitik’ Since Reunification

    Open AccessGordon W SmithARTICLEGerman Life and Letters1996

  • The Choice of Technology

    Samuel A Morley, Gordon W SmithARTICLEEconomic Development and Cultural…1977Cited by: 2

  • The International Tin Agreement

    Gordon W Smith, George R SchinkARTICLEThe Economic Journal1976Cited by: 13

    Journal Article The International Tin Agreement: A Reassessment Get access Gordon W. Smith, Gordon W. Smith Rice University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar George R. Schink George R. Schink Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 86, Issue 344, 1 December 1976, Pages 715–728, https://doi.org/10.2307/223…

  • Café e ferrovias. A evolução ferroviária de São Paulo e o desenvolvimento da cultura cafeeira

    Gordon W SmithARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1975

  • Conference Papers from Malawi

    James R Hooker, Malawi et al.ARTICLEAfrican Studies Review1971

  • Food Supply and Inflation in Latin America

    Gordon W Smith, Gordon Smith et al.ARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1970

  • The Arctic Frontier

    Terence Armstrong, Moira Dunbar et al.BOOKThe Arctic Frontier1966

    This book is about the North as a frontier, and about Canada's relations with the world beyond that frontier. It is about the Arctic community of which Canada is one of the major members. Canadians have long been aware of the significance of their Atlantic and Pacific frontiers and of the implications of their Southern frontier.

  • Abandoned. The Story of the Greely Arctic Expedition, 1881-1884, by A.L. Todd. Introduction by Vilhjalmur Stefansson

    Open AccessGordon W SmithARTICLEARCTIC1961

  • The Transfer of Arctic Territories from Great Britain to Canada in 1880, and Some Related Matters, as Seen in Official Correspondence

    Open AccessGordon W SmithARTICLEARCTIC1961

    Reconstructs the negotiations of 1874-1880 on this transfer of territories not already under Canadian jurisdiction. Difficulties involved are discussed: determination of which territories were subject to the transfer especially in the islands north of the mainland; the most expedient means of effecting the transfer, by imperial act or order-in-council; etc. Delimitation of the northern and eastern boundaries of the transfer area was attempted, bu…

  • III—Waging War in “Frozen Hell”

    Gordon W SmithARTICLECurrent History1930

    Review| April 01 1930 III—Waging War in “Frozen Hell” : A Record of Personal Experiences Gordon W. Smith Gordon W. Smith Sergeant, Company D, 339th Infantry, Northern Russia Expeditionary Forces Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1930) 32 (1): 69–70. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1930.32.1.69 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share I…