Robert W. Sandford

Ecology & Wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Ecology & Wonder makes several remarkable claims: The greatest cultural achievement in the Western Canadian mountain region may be what has been preserved, not what has been developed. Protecting the spine of the Rocky Mountains will preserve crucial ecological functions. Because the process of ecosystem diminishment and species loss has been slowed, an ecological thermostat has been kept alive. This may well be an important defence against future climate change impacts in the Canadian west. Ecology & Wonder is a must-read for those who appreciate Western Canada's breathtaking landscape.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Athabasca University Press
• Seitenzahl: 379
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781897425589
• Artikelnr.: 37997809

Autorenporträt

Robert W. Sandford is the author or editor of over 20 books on the nature, history, and culture of the Canadian West. He is the Canadian Chair of the United Nations International Decade "Water for Life," an initiative that aims to advance long-term water quality and availability issues in response to climate change in Canada and abroad. He is also an Honorary Member of the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides. He lives in Canmore, Alberta.

Inhaltsangabe

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