Thesis ID: CBB001565125

Inventing Canada: Victorian inventory science and Canadian nationbuilding, 1830-1880 (1986)

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Zeller, Suzanne E. (Author)


University of Toronto
Levere, Trevor H.
Bliss, M.


Publication Date: 1986
Edition Details: Co-supervisors: M. Bliss; T. Levere

Description “This thesis seeks to analyze the contribution of inventory science (geology, terrestrial magnetism, meteorology, and botany) to the idea of a transcontinental Canadian region. These inventory sciences sought to identify the country's resources, thereby to assess its potential.” Cited in Diss. Abstr. Int. A 47 (1987): 4487.


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Authors & Contributors
DeArce, Miguel
Petrocelli, Carla
Twyman, Michael
Edward P.F. Rose
Moynihan, Thomas
Valentina De Santi
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Geology
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Cambridge Philosophical Society
Trinity College Dublin
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