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When was the last time you read a biography of a continent? Day (research associate, La Trobe Univ.; Conquest: How Societies Overwhelm Others) gives readers the opportunity with his dense and thorough history of the continent. Organized chronologically, chapters cover two to 60 years and have catchy subtitles like "Die Like Gentlemen," "Who Shall Own the Antarctic?," and "This Bloody Flag-Raising Business." Day opens his opus with James Cook in the 1770s, circling Antarctica but never sighting the con...Log In or Sign Up to Read More