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History Historical Geography

Inventing Stanley Park

An Environmental History

by (author) Sean Kheraj

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
May 2013
Category
Historical Geography, Post-Confederation (1867-), General, British Columbia (BC)
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774824279
    Publish Date
    May 2013
    List Price
    $29.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774824248
    Publish Date
    May 2013
    List Price
    $95.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774824255
    Publish Date
    Aug 2013
    List Price
    $29.95

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Description

In early December 2006, a powerful windstorm ripped through Vancouver’s Stanley Park. The storm transformed the city’s most treasured landmark into a tangle of splintered trees and shattered a decades-old vision of the park as timeless virgin wilderness. In Inventing Stanley Park, Sean Kheraj traces how the tension between popular expectations of idealized nature and the volatility of complex ecosystems helped transform the landscape of one of the world’s most famous urban parks. This beautifully illustrated book not only depicts the natural and cultural forces that shaped the park’s landscape, it also examines the roots of our complex relationship with nature.

About the author

Awards

  • Winner, CLIO Prize for BC, Canadian Historical Association
  • Short-listed, Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia, UBC Library
  • Commended, BC Historical Federation Book Prize
  • Short-listed, Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Book Prize, BC Book Prizes
  • Short-listed, City of Vancouver Book Award

Contributor Notes

Sean Kheraj is an assistant professor in the Department of History at York University.

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