Book ID: CBB000740952

Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters, and Social Imagination (2005)

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Cruikshank, Julie (Author)


University of British Columbia Press


Publication Date: 2005
Physical Details: xii + 312 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Discusses the contrasting understandings of nature by aboriginal peoples and Europeans in northwestern North America during the 18th and 19th centuries.


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Review Wilson, Eric G. (2006) Review of "Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters, and Social Imagination". American Historical Review (p. 799). unapi

Review Mayor, Adrienne (2008) Review of "Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters, and Social Imagination". Journal of Folklore Research. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Marsha L. Weisiger
David J. Silverman
Sivils, Matthew Wynn
Yannielli, Joseph L.
Wylie, Alison
Winter, Joseph C.
Concepts
Native American civilization and culture
American Indians; Native Americans; First Nations of the Americas
Environmental history
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships
Colonialism
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
17th century
20th century
Early modern
21st century
Places
North America
United States
Americas
Great Britain
Western states (U.S.)
Seattle (Washington, U.S.)
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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