Title & Author:

The nature of Canada / edited by Colin M. Coates, Graeme Wynn.

Publication:

Vancouver ; Toronto : On Point Press, [2019]
©2019

Description:

376 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nature and nation / Graeme Wynn -- Painting the map red / Graeme Wynn -- Listening for different stories / Julie Cruikshank -- Eldorado north? / Stephen J. Hornsby and Graeme Wynn -- Back to the land / Colin M. Coates -- Nature we cannot see / Graeme Wynn -- The wealth of wilderness / Claire E. Campbell -- Imagining the city / Michèle Dagenais -- Never just a hole in the ground / Arn Keeling and John Sandlos -- Every creeping thing / Ken Cruikshank -- The power of Canada / Steve Penfold -- Questions of scale / Tina Loo -- A gendered sense of nature / Joanna Dean -- Advocates and activists / Graeme Wynn, with Jennifer Bonnell -- Climates of our times / Liza Piper -- Time chased me down, and I stopped looking away / Heather E. McGregor.
Issued also in electronic formats.

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0774890363 (softcover)
9780774890366 (softcover)

Subject:

Human geography Canada.
Human ecology Canada.
Traditional ecological knowledge Canada.
Nature Effect of human beings on Canada.
Human beings Effect of environment on Canada.
Géographie humaine Canada.
Écologie humaine Canada.
Savoirs écologiques traditionnels Canada.
Homme Influence sur la nature Canada.
Homme Influence sur l'environnement Canada.
Homme Influence de l'environnement Canada.
Human beings Effect of environment on.
Human ecology.
Human geography.
Nature Effect of human beings on.
Traditional ecological knowledge.
Anthropogeografie
Humanökologie
Mensch
Natur
Canada.
Kanada

Form/genre:

Essay
essays.
Essays.
Essais.

Added entries:

Coates, Colin MacMillan, 1960- editor, contributor.
Wynn, Graeme, 1946- editor, contributor.
Bonnell, Jennifer, 1971- contributor.
Campbell, Claire Elizabeth, 1974- contributor.
Cruikshank, Julie, contributor.
Cruikshank, Ken, 1957- contributor.
Dagenais, Michèle, 1957- contributor.
Dean, Joanna (Professor), contributor.
Hornsby, Stephen J. (Stephen John), 1956- contributor.
Keeling, Arn, contributor.
Loo, Tina, 1962- contributor.
McGregor, Heather E., 1983- contributor.
Penfold, Steven, 1966- contributor.
Piper, Liza, 1978- contributor.
Sandlos, John, 1970- contributor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306052
Call No.: BIB 251786
Status: Available