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The reluctant land : society, space, and environment in Canada before Confederation / Cole Harris ; with cartography by Eric Leinberger.
"The Reluctant Land describes the evolving pattern of settlement and the changing relationships of people and land in Canada from the end of the fifteenth century to the Confederation years of the late 1860s and early 1870s. It shows how a deeply indigenous land was reconstituted in European terms, and, at the same time, how European ways were recalibrated in this non-European space. It also shows how an archipelago of scattered settlement emerged out of an encounter with a parsimonious land, and suggests how deeply this encounter differed from an American relationship with abundance." -- Publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780774814508
- Physical Description: xxii, 486 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Lifeworlds, circa 1500 -- The Northwestern Atlantic, 1497-1632 -- Acadia and Canada -- The Continental Interior, 1632-1750 -- Creating and bounding British North America -- Newfoundland -- The Maritimes -- Lower Canada -- Upper Canada -- The Northwestern Interior, 1760-1870 -- British Columbia -- Confederation and the pattern of Canada. |
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| Subject: | Indigenous peoples > Canada > History Canada > History > To 1763 (New France) Canada > History > 1763-1867. Canada > Historical geography. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Library and Archives.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Library and Archives | CW CDA H37 2008 | 0012067 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Library and Archives | CW CDA H37 2008
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