An environmental history of Canada, Laurel Sefton MacDowell

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An environmental history of Canada, Laurel Sefton MacDowell

Statement of responsibility

Laurel Sefton MacDowell

Instantiates

• An environmental history of Canada

Publication

• Vancouver, UBC Press, 2012

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

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

Control code

793944952

Dimensions

26 cm

Extent

339 pages

Isbn

9780774821025

Lccn

2013443804

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

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Master record variable field(s) change: 776

Other physical details

illustrations

Record ID

.b15733300

System control number

(OCoLC)793944952