Shaping The Upper Canadian Frontier

Author : Neil Stevens Forkey
Publisher : Calgary : University of Calgary Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaping the Upper Canadian Frontier written by Neil Stevens Forkey and published by Calgary : University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neil Forkey makes a significant contribution to the growing body of work on Canadian environmental history. Themes of ethnicity and environment in the Trent Valley are brought into wider perspective with comparisons to other areas of contemporary settlement throughout the British Empire and North America. Forkey begins by placing his study within the literature of settler societies of Upper Canada and North America. The Trent Valley's geography, prehistory, and Native peoples, the Huron and the Mississauga, are discussed alongside the Anglo-Celtic migrations and resettlement of the area. Careful attention is devoted to the life and nature writings of Catherine Parr Traill. Her descriptions of life and environmental changes in the Valley point the way to a keener understanding of Canadian attitudes about the natural world during the nineteenth century. Shaping the Upper Canadian Frontier: Environment, Society, and Culture in the Trent Valley is the story of the Trent Valley during the nineteenth century, one of a settler society and a microcosm for wider human and environmental changes throughout North America.

Author : Elizabeth Jane Errington
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773540261
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lion, The Eagle, and Upper Canada, Second Edition written by Elizabeth Jane Errington and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2012 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How an early Canadian identity came to be.

Author : Laurel Sefton MacDowell
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774821043
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Environmental History of Canada written by Laurel Sefton MacDowell and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces how Canada’s colonial and national development contributed to modern environmental problems such as urban sprawl, the collapse of fisheries, and climate change Includes over 200 photographs, maps, figures, and sidebar discussions on key figures, concepts, and cases Offers concise definitions of environmental concepts Ties Canadian history to issues relevant to contemporary society Introduces students to a new, dynamic approach to the past Throughout history most people have associated northern North America with wilderness – with abundant fish and game, snow-capped mountains, and endless forest and prairie. Canada’s contemporary picture gallery, however, contains more disturbing images – deforested mountains, empty fisheries, and melting ice caps. Adopting both a chronological and thematic approach, Laurel MacDowell examines human interactions with the land, and the origins of our current environmental crisis, from first peoples to the Kyoto Protocol. This richly illustrated exploration of the past from an environmental perspective will change the way Canadians and others around the world think about – and look at – Canada.

Author : Andrew Watson
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774867868
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Muskoka written by Andrew Watson and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muskoka. Now a premier destination for nature tourists and wealthy cottagers, the region underwent a profound transition at the turn of the twentieth century. Making Muskoka uncovers the connections between lived experience and identity in rural communities shaped by tourism at a time when sustainable opportunities for a sedentary life were few on the Canadian Shield. This rocky section of Ontario was transformed from an Indigenous homeland to a settler community and a part-time playground for tourists and cottagers. But what were the consequences for those who lived there year-round?

Author : William Wye Smith
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550028049
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Wye Smith written by William Wye Smith and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2008-11-10 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Wye Smith, Upper Canadian poet and publisher, provided his unique perspective on pioneer life in this compilation of anecdotes from his experiences.

Author : Graeme Wynn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851094423
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canada and Arctic North America written by Graeme Wynn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-11-10 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive treatment of the environmental history of northern North America offers a compelling account of the complex encounters of people, technology, culture, and ecology that shaped modern-day Canada and Alaska. From the arrival of the earliest humans to the very latest scientific controversies, the environmental history of Canada and Arctic North America is dramatic, diverse, and crucial for the very survival of the human race. Packed with key facts and analysis, this expert guide explores the complex interplay between human societies and the environment from the Aleutian Islands to the Grand Banks and from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Islands How has the challenging environment of America's most northerly regions—with some areas still dominated by native peoples—helped shape politics and trade? What have been the consequences of European contact with this region and its indigenous inhabitants? How did natives and newcomers cope with, and change this vast and forbidding territory? Can a perspective on the past help us in grappling with the conflict between oil exploration and wilderness preservation on the North Slope of Alaska? Part of ABC-CLIO's Nature and Human Societies series, this unique work charts the region's environmental history from prehistory to modern times and is essential reading for students and experts alike.

Author : Claire Elizabeth Campbell
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780774810999
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaped by the West Wind written by Claire Elizabeth Campbell and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Claire Campbell draws from recent work in cultural history, landscape studies in geography and art history, and environmental history to explore what happens when external agendas confront local realities - a story central to the Canadian experience. Explorers, fishers, artists, and park planners all were forced to respond to the unique contours of this inland sea; their encounters defined a regional identity even as they constructed a popular image for the Bay in the national imagination."--Jacket.

Author : S. Sörlin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230245099
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nature's End written by S. Sörlin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-07-23 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental History as a distinct discipline is now over a generation old, with a large and diverse group of practitioners around the globe. This book provides a reflection on the achievements, diversity, and direction of environmental history in its varied national, international and continental contexts.

Author : Neil S Forkey
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442662263
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century written by Neil S Forkey and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an ideal foundation for undergraduates and general readers on the history of Canada's complex environmental issues. Through clear, easy-to-understand case studies, Neil Forkey integrates the ongoing interplay of humans and the natural world into national, continental, and global contexts. Forkey's engaging survey addresses significant episodes from across the country over the past four hundred years: the classification of Canada's environments by its earliest inhabitants, the relationship between science and sentiment in the Victorian era, the shift towards conservation and preservation of resources in the early twentieth century, and the rise of environmentalism and issues involving First Nations at the end of the century. Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an accessible synthesis of the most important recent work in the field, making it a truly state-of-the-art contribution to Canadian environmental history.

Author : Donald B. Smith
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 0802094279
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mississauga Portraits written by Donald B. Smith and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald B. Smith's Mississauga Portraits recreates the lives of eight Ojibwe who lived during this period – all of whom are historically important and interesting figures, and seven of whom have never before received full biographical treatment.