Robert W. Sandford is the author or editor of over 20books on the nature, history, and culture of the Canadian West. He isthe Canadian Chair of the United Nations International Decade¿Water for Life,¿ an initiative that aims to advancelong-term water quality and availability issues in response to climatechange in Canada and abroad. He is also an Honorary Member of theAssociation of Canadian Mountain Guides. He lives in Canmore, Alberta.
Robert W. Sandford is the author or editor of over 20books on the nature, history, and culture of the Canadian West. He isthe Canadian Chair of the United Nations International Decade¿Water for Life,¿ an initiative that aims to advancelong-term water quality and availability issues in response to climatechange in Canada and abroad. He is also an Honorary Member of theAssociation of Canadian Mountain Guides. He lives in Canmore, Alberta.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Robert W. Sandford is the author or editor of over 20books on the nature, history, and culture of the Canadian West. He isthe Canadian Chair of the United Nations International Decade"Water for Life," an initiative that aims to advancelong-term water quality and availability issues in response to climatechange in Canada and abroad. He is also an Honorary Member of theAssociation of Canadian Mountain Guides. He lives in Canmore, Alberta.
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Foreword ix Acknowledgements xv Overview Map xx Invocation The Magnificent Seven xxi
Part One The West We Had: Foundations ofPlace 1. A Walk into the Past: Setting a Context of Place 3 2. The Creation: Monumentality and Place 17 3. The Creation: People and Place Before European Contact 27 4. Exchanging What We Had for What We Want: The Fur Trade Era in theCanadian West 33 5. The Coming of Death: Diminishment and Loss among the FirstPeoples of the West 41
Part Two The West We Have: Making theMountains Our Home 6. Giving Meaning to Mountains and Making Them Ours: Mountaineeringand the Aesthetics of Place 47 7. Brushes with Eternity: Landscape Art and Photography in theCanadian Rockies 69 8. Crystal and Cold Blue Chasms: The Literature of the CanadianRocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site 77 9. Stemming the Tide of Loss: The Give and Take of Modern ManagementIn and Around the Mountain Parks 91 10. Countering Dispossession: Saving Our Unique MountainCulture 105 The East Slope: Flowing Toward the Atlantic 11. The Birthplace of Canada's National Park Ideal: BanffNational Park 115 The North Slope: Flowing Toward the Arctic 12. The Birthplace of Western and Northern Rivers: The ColumbiaIcefield and Jasper National Park 145 The West Slope: Flowing Toward the Pacific 13. The Roof of the Canadian Rockies: Mount Robson ProvincialPark 187 14. Small, Remote, but Utterly Wild: Hamber ProvincialPark 201 15. The Geography of Wonder: Yoho National Park 215 16. The Road to Radium: Kootenay National Park 243 17. Matterhorn of the Rockies: Mount Assiniboine ProvincialPark 257
Part Three The West We Want: Creating aCulture Worthy of Place 18. Respecting and Honouring the Great Bear: The Grizzly as a Symbolof the West We Want 273 19. Seeing What Is Hidden in Plain Sight: Triumphing OverDiminishment and Loss 299 20. Expanding the World Heritage Site Designation: Managing forFuture Integrity Instead of Loss 313 21. Creating a Culture Commensurate with Place 321
Foreword ix Acknowledgements xv Overview Map xx Invocation The Magnificent Seven xxi
Part One The West We Had: Foundations ofPlace 1. A Walk into the Past: Setting a Context of Place 3 2. The Creation: Monumentality and Place 17 3. The Creation: People and Place Before European Contact 27 4. Exchanging What We Had for What We Want: The Fur Trade Era in theCanadian West 33 5. The Coming of Death: Diminishment and Loss among the FirstPeoples of the West 41
Part Two The West We Have: Making theMountains Our Home 6. Giving Meaning to Mountains and Making Them Ours: Mountaineeringand the Aesthetics of Place 47 7. Brushes with Eternity: Landscape Art and Photography in theCanadian Rockies 69 8. Crystal and Cold Blue Chasms: The Literature of the CanadianRocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site 77 9. Stemming the Tide of Loss: The Give and Take of Modern ManagementIn and Around the Mountain Parks 91 10. Countering Dispossession: Saving Our Unique MountainCulture 105 The East Slope: Flowing Toward the Atlantic 11. The Birthplace of Canada's National Park Ideal: BanffNational Park 115 The North Slope: Flowing Toward the Arctic 12. The Birthplace of Western and Northern Rivers: The ColumbiaIcefield and Jasper National Park 145 The West Slope: Flowing Toward the Pacific 13. The Roof of the Canadian Rockies: Mount Robson ProvincialPark 187 14. Small, Remote, but Utterly Wild: Hamber ProvincialPark 201 15. The Geography of Wonder: Yoho National Park 215 16. The Road to Radium: Kootenay National Park 243 17. Matterhorn of the Rockies: Mount Assiniboine ProvincialPark 257
Part Three The West We Want: Creating aCulture Worthy of Place 18. Respecting and Honouring the Great Bear: The Grizzly as a Symbolof the West We Want 273 19. Seeing What Is Hidden in Plain Sight: Triumphing OverDiminishment and Loss 299 20. Expanding the World Heritage Site Designation: Managing forFuture Integrity Instead of Loss 313 21. Creating a Culture Commensurate with Place 321
Notes 339 Index 347
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