Book ID: CBB382408651

The nature of Canada (2019)

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Colin MacMillan Coates (Editor)
Wynn, Graeme (Editor)


On Point Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 376
Language: English

Intended to delight and provoke, these short, beautifully crafted essays, enlivened with photos and illustrations, explore how humans have engaged with the Canadian environment and what those interactions say about the nature of Canada. Tracing a path from the Ice Age to the Anthropocene, some of the foremost stars in the field of environmental history reflect on how we, as a nation, have idolized and found inspiration in nature even as fishers, fur traders, farmers, foresters, miners, and city planners have commodified it or tried to tame it. They also travel lesser known routes, revealing how Indigenous people listened to glaciers and what they have to tell us; and how even the nature we can't see - the smallest of pathogens - has served the interests of some while threatening the very existence of others. The Nature of Canada will make you think differently not only about Canada and its past but quite possibly about Canada and its future. Its insights are just what we need as Canada attempts to reconcile the opposing goals of prosperity and preservation.

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Authors & Contributors
Louis, Renee Pualani
Petkov, Dejan
Louro, Ivo
Ken J. Caine
Javier Aracil
Lewis Dartnell
Concepts
Nature
Human geography
Human beings
Environmental history
Technology and society
Human ecology
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
Renaissance
Medieval
Ancient
Places
Canada
United States
Europe
Papua New Guinea
Arctic regions
Hawaii (U.S.)
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