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Nature Ecology

Land and Sea

Environmental History In Atlantic Canada

edited by Claire Campbell & Robert Summerby-Murray

Publisher
Acadiensis Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2013
Category
Ecology
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919107243
    Publish Date
    Feb 2013
    List Price
    $29.95

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Description

An original exploration of the relationship between people and the environment in Atlantic Canada, from the native-settler interactions of the 17th century to the presentday challenges of resource depletion and economic renewal. Major themes focus on how people have explained and understood the natural world, what we have learned from experiments in conservation and management, and how we have responded to environmental crisis and change. This wide-ranging collection features contributors from all four provinces and beyond, and is edited and introduced by Claire Campbell and Robert Summerby-Murray of Dalhousie University. The final chapter is an eloquent survey of the region’s environmental history by the distinguished historical geographer Graeme Wynn, University of British Columbia.

About the authors

Claire Campbell is an associate professor in the Department of History and the Coordinator of Canadian Studies at Dalhousie University. She is the author of Shaped by the West Wind: Nature and History in Georgian Bay and co-editor of Groundtruthing: Canada and the Environment, a special issue of the Dalhousie Review.

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