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  • Cold Science

    Environmental Knowledge in the North American Arctic during the Cold War

    Edited by Stephen Bocking, Daniel Heidt ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
    Science during the Cold War has become a matter of lively interest within the historical research community, attracting the attention of scholars concerned with the history of science, the Cold War, and environmental history. The Arctic—recognized as a frontier of confrontation between the superpowers, and consequently central to the Cold War—has also attracted much attention. This edited ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Ecologists and Environmental Politics

    A History of Contemporary Ecology

    by Stephen Bocking ...
    Ecologists, like other scientists, have for decades debated their role in society. While some have argued that ecologists should participate in environmental politics, others have focused their attention strictly on scientific issues. In Ecologists and Environmental Politics, now updated with a new preface by the author, Stephen Bocking explores this debate by recounting the history of ecology in ... Read more

    Was $17.99 USD Now $10.29 USD

  • Historical GIS Research in Canada

    by Jennifer Bonnell, Marcel Fortin, Colleen Beard, Stephen Bocking, Jim Clifford, Joanna Dean, Francois Dufaux, Patrick A. Dunae, Jason Gilliland0, William M. Glen1, Megan Harvey2, Matthew G. Hatvany3, Sally Hermansen4, Andrew Hinson5, Don Lafreniere6, John S. Lutz7, Joshua D. MacFadyen8, Daniel Macfarlane9, Jennifer Marvin0, Cameron Metcalf1, Byron Moldofsky2, Sherry Olson3, Jon Pasher4, Daniel Rueck5, R. W. Sandwell6, Henry Yu7, Barbara Znamirowski8 ...
    Series Book 2 - Canadian History and Environment
    Fundamentally concerned with place, and our ability to understand human relationships with environment over time, Historical Geographic Information Systems (HGIS) as a tool and a subject has direct bearing for the study of contemporary environmental issues and realities. To date, HGIS projects in Canada are few and publications that discuss these projects directly even fewer. This book brings ... Read more

    $33.09 USD

  • Ice Blink

    Navigating Northern Environmental History

    by Tina Adcock, Emelie Cameron, Hans M. Carlson, Marionne Cronin, Matthew Farish, Arn Keeling, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Tina Loo, Paul Nadasdy, Jonathan Peyton, Liza Piper, John Sandlos, Andrew Stuhl ...
    Series Book 7 - Canadian History and Environment
    Northern Canada's distinctive landscapes, its complex social relations and the contested place of the North in contemporary political, military, scientific and economic affairs have fueled recent scholarly discussion. At the same time, both the media and the wider public have shown increasing interest in the region. This timely volume extends our understanding of the environmental history of ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

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  • The Lake Erie Shore

    Ontario's Forgotten South Coast

    by Ron Brown ...
    The Lake Erie shoreline has born witness to some of Ontario's earliest history, yet remains largely unspoiled. Much of the area's natural features - the wetlands, the Carolinian forests - and its built heritage - fishing ports and military ramparts - provide much of interest for vistors to the region.Ron Brown has traversed this most southern coast line in Ontario, fleshing out forgotten stories ... Read more

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  • Notes from The Century Before

    A Journal from British Columbia

    by Edward Hoagland ...
    In 1966, Edward Hoagland made a three-month excursion into the wild country of British Columbia and encountered a way of life that was disappearing even as he chronicled it. Showcasing Hoagland’s extraordinary gifts for portraiture—his cast runs from salty prospector to trader, explorer, missionary, and indigenous guide—Notes from the Century Before is a breathtaking mix of anecdote, derring-do, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Reluctant Land

    Society, Space, and Environment in Canada before Confederation

    by Cole Harris ...
    Winner, 2008 K.D. Srivastava Prize for Excellence in Scholarly Publishing, UBC PressThe 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 ... Read more

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  • Nipissing

    Historic Waterway, Wilderness Playground

    by Françoise Noël ...
    2016 Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Award — Shortlisted2015 Speaker's Book Award — ShortlistedExplore the history of tourism in the Nipissing Passageway, from Mattawa to Georgian Bay, beginning with Champlain’s voyage in 1615.In the nineteenth century, while the hope of building a Georgian Bay Ship Canal remained elusive, promotional efforts were made by the railways to market the area as a ... Read more

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  • Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0

    Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

    by Thomas L. Friedman ...
    A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearA Washington Post Best Book of the YearA Businessweek Best Business Book of the YearA Chicago Tribune Best Book of the YearIn this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's urgent need for national renewal and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable environment... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Ice Ghosts

    The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition

    by Paul Watson ...
    "Intriguing [and] enjoyable." —Ian McGuire, New York Times Book ReviewIce Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1845—whose two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and their crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice—with the modern tale of the scientists, divers, and local Inuit behind the recent incredible discoveries of the wrecks. Paul Watson, a Pulitzer Prize ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Fools Rule

    Inside the Failed Politics of Climate Change

    by William Marsden ...
    This eloquent, rage-inciting polemic about the global failure to deal with climate change will appeal to readers of Tim Flannery, George Monbiot and Bill McKibben - and anyone concerned with the economic and environmental future of our planet.Kyoto, 1997. Montreal, 2005. Copenhagen, 2009. Cancun, 2010. In Fools Rule, Marsden illustrates how inefficient and short-sighted political negotiations have ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Fishing Adventures on the Newfoundland Banks 1860

    by W V Wells ...
    A good description of a trip on the Rhody Carter out of Marblehead Massachusetts to the Grand Banks in search of Cod during the mid nineteenth century. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD