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Author MacDowell, Laurel Sefton, 1947-

Title An environmental history of Canada / Laurel Sefton MacDowell
Published Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (339 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Human ecology -- Canada -- History
Natural resources -- Canada -- History
Environmental policy -- Canada
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
Ecology
Environmental policy
Human ecology
Natural resources
Humanökologie
Natürliche Ressourcen
Umweltnutzung
Umweltpolitik
SUBJECT Canada -- Environmental conditions -- History
Subject Canada
Kanada
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author EBOUND Canada, manufacturer
LC no. cn2012903170
ISBN 9780774821032
0774821035