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Auteur(s) : MacDowell, Laurel Sefton (1947-)
Titre(s) : An environmental history of Canada [Texte imprimé] / Laurel Sefton MacDowell
Publication : Vancouver : UBC Press, c2012
Description matérielle : 339 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 26 cm
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Traces how Canada's colonial and national development contributed to modern environmental
problems such as urban sprawl, the collapse of fisheries, and climate change. Explores
human interactions with the land, and the origins of our current environmental crisis,
from first peoples to the Kyoto Protocol
Also issued in electronic format.
Sujet(s) : Environnement -- Canada -- Histoire
Écologie humaine -- Canada -- Histoire
Canada -- Histoire -- Aspect environnemental
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780774821025 (br.). - ISBN 0774821027
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb435194007
Notice n° :
FRBNF43519400
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)