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Book Lost Initiatives

Download or read book Lost Initiatives written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1986-11-12 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This thoroughly referenced book reveals the importance of the development of forest resources to Canadian social and economic existence. Rather than presenting just a compilation of facts and figures, the authors synthesize the information to make interesting observations. History is revealed as a series of interactive movements by various industrial, social, and political groups. ... Highly recommended for college and university collections that include forest history, forest policy, Canadian history, and conservation history.”–Choice “Lost Initiatives surveys Canadian forestry policy since the early nineteenth century, and particularly between the second American Forestry Congress, held in Montreal in 1882, and 1939. The authors achieve a Canada-wide perspective by including separate chapters on New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia, and offering an extensive account of federal forestry policy. The latter, which derives from archival research, is the most original of the book's contributions. . . Indeed, the book has considerable relevance to those interested in the development of professions in Canada. . . the book can be warmly recommended as a well-documented, genuinely national study that provides numerous points of departure and of context, whether for a comprehensive history of Canadian forests and forest policy or for analyses of parts of a very large subject. And the eloquent concluding chapter, on the last forty years of forest policy, could well serve as a call to arms even for those not persuaded that the previous chapters tell the real story of how we got here.”–The Canadian Historical Review

Book Nastawgan

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bruce W. Hodgins
  • Publisher : Dundurn
  • Release : 1987-06-30
  • ISBN : 1459713559
  • Pages : 243 pages

Download or read book Nastawgan written by Bruce W. Hodgins and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1987-06-30 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich history of Canadian wilderness travel, "an utterly compelling collection," said The Globe and Mail, and "a gem -- it absolutely sparkles," according to Canadian Geographic. Declared by the Canadian Historical Association to be the best book published of its year on the regional history of Canada's North. With essays by William C. James, C.E.S. Franks, George Luste, Margaret Hobbs, John Jennings, Shelagh Grant, Gwyneth Hoyle, Bruce W. Hodgins, Jamie Bendickson, Craig Macdonald, Jean Murray Cole, John Marsh and John Wadland.

Book In the Power of the Government

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark Kuhlberg
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 1442614536
  • Pages : 421 pages

Download or read book In the Power of the Government written by Mark Kuhlberg and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Canexus

    Book Details:
  • Author : James Raffan
  • Publisher : Dundurn
  • Release : 1998-06-30
  • ISBN : 1459727754
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book Canexus written by James Raffan and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1998-06-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A symbol unique to Canada, the canoe is one of the greatest gifts of First Peoples to all those who came after.

Book Changing Parks

    Book Details:
  • Author : John S. Marsh
  • Publisher : Dundurn
  • Release : 1998-05-15
  • ISBN : 1554881307
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Changing Parks written by John S. Marsh and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1998-05-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book is a must for everyone concerned with the heritage and future of Canada’s parks. Contributors include an impressive assembly of noted park experts ranging from academic authorities and government parks personnel to concerned nonpolitical park supporters. Since the establishment of Banff National Park in 1885 and Algonquin Provincial Park in 1893, parklands have been part of Canada’s heritage. Where other protected areas, such as forest reserves, heritage rivers and greenways, have also been created, a more comprehensive view of the creation and management of conservation areas and marshland is discussed. Cooperative approaches to park management recognize the regional context of parks with respect to local communities, as well as the inclusion of more diverse groups of people, particularly Aboriginals. This work encourages the general public to take an interest in our priceless park heritage.

Book Old Ontario

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Keane
  • Publisher : Dundurn
  • Release : 1990-01-06
  • ISBN : 1554882516
  • Pages : 329 pages

Download or read book Old Ontario written by David Keane and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1990-01-06 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ten original studies, former students and colleagues of Maurice Careless, one of Canada’s most distinguished historians, explore both traditional and hitherto neglected topics in the development of nineteenth-century Ontario. Their papers incorporate the three themes that characterize their mentor’s scholarly efforts: metropolitan-hinterland relations; urban development; and the impact of ’limited identities’ — gender, class, ethnicity and regionalism — that shaped the lives of Old Ontarians. Traditional topics — colonial-imperial tension and the growth of Canadian autonomy in the Union period, the making of a ’compact’ in early York, politics in pre-Rebellion Toronto, and the social vision of the late Upper Canadian elites — are re-examined with fresh sensitivity and new sources. Maters about which little has been written — urban perspectives on rural and Northern Ontario, Protestant revivals, an Ontario style in church architecture, the late-nineteenth-century ready-made clothing industry, Native-Newcomer conflict to the 1860s, and the separate and unequal experiences of women and men student teachers at the Provincial Normal school — receive equally insightful treatment. An appreciative biography of Careless, an analysis of the relativism underpinning his approach to national and Ontario history, and a listing of Careless’s publications, complete this stimulating collection.

Book Dark Days at Noon

    Book Details:
  • Author : Edward Struzik
  • Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
  • Release : 2022-09-02
  • ISBN : 0228013488
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Dark Days at Noon written by Edward Struzik and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The catastrophic runaway wildfires advancing through North America and other parts of the world are not unprecedented. Fires loomed large once human activity began to warm the climate in the 1820s, leading to an aggressive firefighting strategy that has left many of the continent’s forests too old and vulnerable to the fires that many tree species need to regenerate. Dark Days at Noon provides a broad history of wildfire in North America, from before European contact to the present, in the hopes that we may learn from how we managed fire in the past, and apply those lessons in the future. As people continue to move into forested landscapes to work, play, live, and ignite fires – intentionally or unintentionally – fire has begun to take its toll, burning entire towns, knocking out utilities, closing roads, and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. Fire management in North America requires attention and cooperation from both sides of the border, and many of the most significant fires have taken place at the boundary line. Despite a clear lack of urgency among political leaders, Edward Struzik argues that wildfire science needs to guide the future of fire management, and that those same leaders need to shape public perception accordingly. By explaining how society’s misguided response to fire has led to our current situation, Dark Days at Noon warns of what may happen in the future if we do not learn to live with fire as the continent’s Indigenous Peoples once did.

Book One Job Town

    Book Details:
  • Author : Steven High
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 2018-05-04
  • ISBN : 1487518676
  • Pages : 554 pages

Download or read book One Job Town written by Steven High and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s a pervasive sense of betrayal in areas scarred by mine, mill and factory closures. Steven High’s One Job Town delves into the long history of deindustrialization in the paper-making town of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, located on Canada’s resource periphery. Much like hundreds of other towns and cities across North America and Europe, Sturgeon Falls has lost their primary source of industry, resulting in the displacement of workers and their families. One Job Town takes us into the making of a culture of industrialism and the significance of industrial work for mill-working families. One Job Town approaches deindustrialization as a long term, economic, political, and cultural process, which did not begin and simply end with the closure of the local mill in 2002. High examines the work-life histories of fifty paper mill workers and managers, as well as city officials, to gain an in-depth understanding of the impact of the formation and dissolution of a culture of industrialism. Oral history and memory are at the heart of One Job Town, challenging us to rethink the relationship between the past and the present in what was formerly known as the industrialized world.

Book The Temagami Experience

Download or read book The Temagami Experience written by Bruce W. Hodgins and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives a historical account of the cultural, economic and political developments of the Temagami Forest Reserve in northern Ontario. Discusses federal-provincial efforts to reconcile conflicts between government land use policy and those of the Temagami Objiway Indians and the conservationists.

Book Communications Historiques

Download or read book Communications Historiques written by Canadian Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection from the papers presented at the annual meeting.

Book New Directions for the Study of Ontario s Past

Download or read book New Directions for the Study of Ontario s Past written by David Paul Gagan and published by [Hamilton, Ont.] : McMaster University. This book was released on 1988 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Protected Places

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gerald Killan
  • Publisher : Dundurn
  • Release : 1993-07-25
  • ISBN : 9781550021806
  • Pages : 460 pages

Download or read book Protected Places written by Gerald Killan and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1993-07-25 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the founding of Algonquin Provincial Park in 1893, Ontario has developed a parks system that is held in the highest regard. Today, some 260 parks span the province. Protected Places is a comprehensive account of the attitudes and actions that have shaped provincial parks policy over the century – notably those of early conservationists and more recently of environmentalists, aboriginal peoples, vacationers of every description, naturalists, scientists, loggers, miners, concession operators, the administrators with the responsibility to plan, develop, and manage the parks, and the politicians who made the ultimate decisions on policy matters. Author Gerald Killan’s analysis cuts across the disciplines of history, geography, political science, environmental studies, and the earth and life sciences. The book will be of compelling interest to readers from all thsese backgrounds, as well as the park visitor. Protected Places is being published in 1993 as part of the celebration of the Centennial of Ontario’s provincial parks.

Book The Historiography of the Provincial Norths

Download or read book The Historiography of the Provincial Norths written by Lakehead University. Centre for Northern Studies and published by [Thunder Bay, Ont.] : Centre for Northern Studies, Lakehead University. This book was released on 1996 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cultural Dimensions of Canada s Geography

Download or read book Cultural Dimensions of Canada s Geography written by Trent University. Department of Geography and published by Peterborough [Ont.] : Department of Geography, Trent University. This book was released on 1984 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Recreational Land Use

Download or read book Recreational Land Use written by Geoffrey Wall and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Constructing Modern Canada

Download or read book Constructing Modern Canada written by Chad Gaffield and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: