The Reluctant Land

Society, Space, and Environment in Canada before Confederation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19916637
AutoresCole Harris, Eric Leinberger
Año2009
Fecha de publicación2009-01-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaReluctant Land (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialUniversity of British Columbia Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.59962/9780774856096
OpenAlexW4385869533
Open LibraryOL44245006M
ISBN9780774856096
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8

Winner, 2008 K.D. Srivastava Prize for Excellence in Scholarly Publishing , UBC Press 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 territory, and suggests how deeply this encounter differed from an American relationship with abundance. The book begins with a description of land and life in northern North America in 1500, and ends by considering the relationship between the pattern of early Canada and the country as we know it today. Intended to illuminate the background of modern Canada, The Reluctant Land is an intelligent discussion of people and place that will be welcomed by scholars and lay readers alike

Geography · Canadian Identity and History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Short Stories in Global Literature · 1763-1867 · canada · Historical Geography · History · Land settlement · to 1763 (new france)