Tina Loo

States of Nature

Conserving Canada's Wildlife in the Twentieth Century

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

States of Nature is the first book to tell the story of the effort to save Canada's wildlife, looking at the changing substance, aims, and impacts of the conservation initiatives undertaken by government as well as private organizations and individuals during the twentieth century, before the emergence of the modern environmental movement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Paperback
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780774812900
• ISBN-10: 0774812907
• Artikelnr.: 27808734

Autorenporträt

Tina Loo is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Troubles with Nature / Graeme Wynn
Introduction
1 Wild by Law: Animals, People, and the State to 1945
2 Make Way for Wildlife: Colonization, Resistance, and Transformation
3 The Dominion of Father Goose: Local Knowledge and Wildlife Conservation
4 The Hudson's Bay Company and Scientific Conservation
5 Buffalo Burgers and Reindeer Steak: Government Wildlife Conservation in
Postwar Canada
6 Predators and Postwar Conservation
7 From Wildlife to Wild Places
Conclusion
Photo Essay
Notes
Bibliography
Index