Civilizing the Wilderness : Culture and Nature in Pre-Confederation Canada and Rupert's Land
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| Title: | Civilizing the Wilderness : Culture and Nature in Pre-Confederation Canada and Rupert's Land |
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| Description: | In this collection of essays, A.A. den Otter explores the meaning of the concepts'civilizing'and'wilderness'within an 1850s Euro-British North American context. At the time, den Otter argues, these concepts meant something quite different than they do today. Through careful readings and researches of a variety of lesser known individuals and events, den Otter teases out the striking dichotomy between'civilizing'and'wilderness,'leading readers to a new understanding of the relationship between newcomers and Native peoples, and the very lands they inhabited. Historians and non-specialists with an interest in western Canadian native, settler, and environmental-economic history will be deeply rewarded by reading Civilizing the Wilderness. |
| Authors: | A.A. den Otter |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Categories: | HISTORY / Canada / General, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Indigenous / Contact, European Invasion & Exploration, HISTORY / Indigenous / Colonial History & Interaction with Nations, Tribes, Bands & Communities |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | In this collection of essays, A.A. den Otter explores the meaning of the concepts'civilizing'and'wilderness'within an 1850s Euro-British North American context. At the time, den Otter argues, these concepts meant something quite different than they do today. Through careful readings and researches of a variety of lesser known individuals and events, den Otter teases out the striking dichotomy between'civilizing'and'wilderness,'leading readers to a new understanding of the relationship between newcomers and Native peoples, and the very lands they inhabited. Historians and non-specialists with an interest in western Canadian native, settler, and environmental-economic history will be deeply rewarded by reading Civilizing the Wilderness. |
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| ISBN: | 9780888645463 9780888646767 |
