Maritime Certainty and International Cooperation in the Klondike and Alaska Gold Rushes, 1896-1903
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25071/2561-5467.122Keywords:
Shipping, Klondike Gold Rush, Nome Gold Rush, Canadian-American cooperation, law enforcementAbstract
At the end of the nineteenth century the Arctic was a region of potential conflict. A primary cause of conflict is uncertainty. In the Arctic and near Arctic during the Klondike and Nome rushes, a degree of certainty came from two key sources: predictable US shipping and widely-respected Canadian law enforcement. A common culture among many newcomers to the region played an important role but, drawing on Abraham Maslow’s well-known “hierarchy of needs” theory, this paper argues that generally reliable shipping and generally respected law enforcement laid the foundation for a culture of cooperation described in numerous gold rush memoirs.
À la fin du 19e siècle, l’Arctique était une région de conflits potentiels. L’incertitude constitue l’une des principales causes des conflits. Dans l’Arctique et les régions voisines de l’Arctique pendant les ruées vers le Klondike et Nome, un certain degré de certitude provenait de deux sources clés : la prévisibilité du transport maritime américain et le grand respect accordé à l’application de la loi au Canada. Bien que la culture commune à bon nombre des nouveaux arrivants dans la région ait joué un grand rôle, l’auteur s’appuie sur la théorie bien connue de la « hiérarchie des besoins » d’Abraham Maslow pour soutenir qu’un transport généralement fiable et une application de la loi généralement respectée ont jeté les bases d’une culture de collaboration décrite dans plusieurs mémoires de la ruée vers l’or.
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