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Town Called Asbestos
Environmental Contamination, Health, and Resilience in a Resource Community
Inbunden, 2016
455 kr
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For decades, manufacturers from around the world relied on asbestos to produce a multitude of fire-retardant products. As use of the mineral became more widespread, medical professionals discovered it had harmful effects on human health. Mining and manufacturing companies downplayed the risks to …
What Is Water?
The History of a Modern Abstraction
Av Jamie Linton
Inbunden, 2010
470 kr
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A history of the modern concept of water that traces how a scientific abstraction has helped to produce a global crisis.
Shaped by the West Wind
Nature and History in Georgian Bay
Inbunden, 2004
1217 kr
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Along the east shore of Ontario's Georgian Bay lie the Thirty Thousand Islands, a granite archipelago scarred by glaciers, where the white pines cling to the ancient rock, twisted and bent by the west wind -- a symbol of a region where human history has been shaped by the natural environment. Over …
States of Nature
Conserving Canada's Wildlife in the Twentieth Century
Av Tina Loo
Häftad, 2007
365 kr
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Since the early days of the fur trade, wildlife has been powerfully and inspiringly emblematic of Canada. Yet the story of saving Canada's wildlife is largely unknown. States of Nature is one of the first books to trace the development of Canadian wildlife conservation from its social, political, …
Culture of Flushing
A Social and Legal History of Sewage
Häftad, 2007
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To most, the flush of a toilet is routine: the way we banish waste and ensure cleanliness. It is safe, efficient, necessary, nonpolitical, and utterly unremarkable. Yet Jamie Benidickson's examination of the social and legal history of sewage in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom …
Creating a Modern Countryside
Liberalism and Land Resettlement in British Columbia
Av James Murton
Inbunden, 2007
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In the early 1900s, British Columbia embarked on a brief but intense effort to manufacture a modern countryside. The government wished to reward veterans of the Great War with new lives: soliders and other settlers would benefit from living in a rural community, considered a more healthy and moral …
Creating a Modern Countryside
Liberalism and Land Resettlement in British Columbia
Av James Murton
Häftad, 2008
426 kr
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In the early 1900s, British Columbia embarked on a brief but intense effort to manufacture a modern countryside. The government wished to reward veterans of the Great War with new lives: soliders and other settlers would benefit from living in a rural community, considered a more healthy and moral …
Hunting for Empire
Narratives of Sport in Rupert's Land, 1840-70
Inbunden, 2007
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Hunting for Empire offers a fresh cultural history of sportand imperialism. Greg Gillespie integrates critical perspectives fromcultural studies, literary criticism, and cultural geography to analyzethe themes of authorship, sport, science, and nature. In doing so heproduces a unique theoretical …
Hunting for Empire
Narratives of Sport in Rupert's Land, 1840-70
Häftad, 2008
426 kr
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Hunting for Empire offers a fresh cultural history of sportand imperialism. Greg Gillespie integrates critical perspectives fromcultural studies, literary criticism, and cultural geography to analyzethe themes of authorship, sport, science, and nature. In doing so heproduces a unique theoretical …
Archive of Place
Unearthing the Pasts of the Chilcotin Plateau
Inbunden, 2007
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The Archive of Place weaves together a series of narratives about environmental history in a particular location – British Columbia's Chilcotin Plateau. In the mid-1990s, the Chilcotin was at the centre of three territorial conflicts. Opposing groups, in their struggle to control the fate of the …
Archive of Place
Unearthing the Pasts of the Chilcotin Plateau
Häftad, 2008
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The Archive of Place weaves together a series of narratives about environmental history in a particular location – British Columbia's Chilcotin Plateau. In the mid-1990s, the Chilcotin was at the centre of three territorial conflicts. Opposing groups, in their struggle to control the fate of the …
Awful Splendour
A Fire History of Canada
Häftad, 2008
426 kr
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Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada's forests and prairies have evolved with fire. Its peoples have exploited fire and sought to protect themselves from its excesses, and since Confederation, the country has devised various institutions to connect fire …
Industrial Transformation of Subarctic Canada
Av Liza Piper
Häftad, 2010
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Between 1821 and 1960, industrial economies took root in the North, transgressing political geographies and superseding the historically dominant fur trade. Imported southern scientists and sojourning labourers worked the Northwest, and its industrial history bears these newcomers' imprint. This …
Nurture of Nature
Childhood, Antimodernism, and Ontario Summer Camps, 1920-55
Av Sharon Wall
Häftad, 2010
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Thousands of children attended summer camps in twentieth-century Ontario. Did parents simply want a break, or were broader developments at play? The Nurture of Nature explores the history of summer camps and sheds light on a wider phenomenon: the divided consciousness that informs modern …
What Is Water?
The History of a Modern Abstraction
Av Jamie Linton
Häftad, 2010
414 kr
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We all know what water is, and we often take it for granted. Because it seems so natural, we seldom question how we see water. But the spectre of a worldwide water crisis suggests that there might be something fundamentally wrong with the way we think about water. Jamie Linton dives into the …
Managed Annihilation
An Unnatural History of the Newfoundland Cod Collapse
Inbunden, 2010
456 kr
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The commercial cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador was once the most successful fishery in the world. When it collapsed in 1992 – causing the largest single-day layoff in Canadian history and irrevocable ecological damage – fishermen, scholars, and scientists pointed to failures in management …
Wet Prairie
People, Land, and Water in Agricultural Manitoba
Häftad, 2012
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The Canadian prairies are often envisioned as dry, windswept fields; however, much of southern Manitoba is not arid plain but wet prairie, poorly drained land subject to frequent flooding. Wet Prairie brings to light the complexities of surface water management in Manitoba, from early artificial …
Manufacturing National Park Nature
Photography, Ecology, and the Wilderness Industry of Jasper
Inbunden, 2011
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Jasper National Park is an international travel destination, world heritage site, and icon of Canadian identity. Although national parks occupy a prominent place in the Canadian imagination, we are only beginning to understand how their visual imagery has shaped and continues to inform our …
Manufacturing National Park Nature
Photography, Ecology, and the Wilderness Industry of Jasper
Häftad, 2011
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Jasper National Park is an international travel destination, world heritage site, and icon of Canadian identity. Although national parks occupy a prominent place in the Canadian imagination, we are only beginning to understand how their visual imagery has shaped and continues to inform our …
Wildlife, Conservation, and Conflict in Quebec, 1840-1914
Av Darcy Ingram
Inbunden, 2013
1145 kr
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Despite the popular assumption that wildlife conservation is a recent phenomenon, it emerged over a century and a half ago in an era more closely associated with wildlife depletion than preservation. In Wildlife, Conservation, and Conflict in Quebec, Darcy Ingram explores the combination of NGOs, …
Wildlife, Conservation, and Conflict in Quebec, 1840-1914
Av Darcy Ingram
Häftad, 2014
426 kr
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Despite the popular assumption that wildlife conservation is a recent phenomenon, it emerged over a century and a half ago in an era more closely associated with wildlife depletion than preservation. In Wildlife, Conservation, and Conflict in Quebec, Darcy Ingram explores the combination of NGOs, …
Temagami's Tangled Wild
Race, Gender, and the Making of Canadian Nature
Inbunden, 2012
1088 kr
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Temagami's Tangled Wild traces the processes and power relationships through which the Temagami area of northeastern Ontario has become emblematic of Canadian wilderness. In this sophisticated analysis, Jocelyn Thorpe uncovers how struggles over meaning, racialized and gendered identities, and land …
Power from the North
Territory, Identity, and the Culture of Hydroelectricity in Quebec
Häftad, 2014
662 kr
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In the 1970s, Hydro-Québec declared in a publicity campaign “We Are Hydro-Québécois.” The slogan symbolized the extent to which hydroelectric development in the North had come to both reflect and fuel French Canada’s aspirations. The slogan helped Quebecers relate to the province’s northern …
Negotiating a River
Canada, the US, and the Creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway
Inbunden, 2014
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It was a megaproject half a century in the making -- a technological and engineering marvel that stands as one of the most ambitious borderlands undertakings ever embarked upon by two countries. The planning and building of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project is one of the defining episodes …
Tracking the Great Bear
How Environmentalists Recreated British Columbia's Coastal Rainforest
Av Justin Page
Inbunden, 2014
1112 kr
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Encompassing millions of hectares of globally rare coastal rainforest, the Great Bear Rainforest in coastal British Columbia is home to ancient trees, rich runs of salmon, and abundant species, including the elusive white "spirit bear." The area also supports small human communities, particularly …
First Green Wave
Pollution Probe and the Origins of Environmental Activism in Ontario
Inbunden, 2014
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In The First Green Wave, Ryan O'Connor traces the rise of the environmental movement in Toronto, home to one of Canada's earliest and most dynamic communities of environmental activists, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. At the heart of the story is Pollution Probe, an organization founded in …
Where the Rivers Meet
Pipelines, Participatory Resource Management, and Aboriginal-State Relations in the Northwest Territories
Inbunden, 2015
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Oil and gas companies now recognize that industrial projects in the Canadian North can only succeed if Aboriginal communities are involved in decision-making processes. Are Aboriginal concerns appropriately addressed through current consultation and participatory processes?Where the Rivers Meet is …
Where the Rivers Meet
Pipelines, Participatory Resource Management, and Aboriginal-State Relations in the Northwest Territories
Häftad, 2016
386 kr
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Oil and gas companies now recognize that industrial projects in the Canadian North can only succeed if Aboriginal communities are involved in decision-making processes. Are Aboriginal concerns appropriately addressed through current consultation and participatory processes?Where the Rivers Meet is …
Who Controls the Hunt?
First Nations, Treaty Rights, and Wildlife Conservation in Ontario, 1783-1939
Häftad, 2018
367 kr
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As the nineteenth century ended, Ontario wildlife became increasingly valuable. Tourists and sport hunters spent growing amounts of money in search of game, and the government began to extend its regulatory powers in this arena. Restrictions were imposed on hunting and trapping, completely ignoring …
Unbuilt Environments
Tracing Postwar Development in Northwest British Columbia
Inbunden, 2017
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In the latter half of the twentieth century, legions of industrial pioneers came to northwestern British Columbia with grand plans for mines, dams, and energy-development schemes. Yet many of their projects failed to materialize or were abandoned midstream. Unbuilt Environments reveals that these …
