An environmental history of Canada

MacDowell, Laurel Sefton 1947- (Author).

Summary: Throughout history most people have associated northern North America with wilderness -- with snow-capped mountains, endless forest and prairie, myriad lakes, and abundant fish and game. Canada's contemporary picture gallery, however, contains more disturbing images -- melting ice caps, deforestation, polluted waterways, and depleted fisheries. Adopting both a chronological and thematic approach, Laurel MacDowell explores 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780774821025
Physical Description: print
339 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part 1: Aboriginal peoples and settlers -- Encountering a new land -- Settling the land and transforming the "wilderness" -- Part 2: Industrialism, reform, and infrastructure -- Early cities and urban reform -- The conservation movement -- Mining resources -- Cars, consumerism, and suburbs -- Part 3: Harnessing nature, harming nature -- Changing energy regimes -- Water -- The contested world of food and agriculture -- Part 4: The environmental era -- The environmental movement and public policy -- Parks and wildlife -- Coastal fisheries -- The north and climate change.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also issued in electronic format.