ISBN:
9780773546936
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9780773546929
Language:
English
Pages:
442 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
Series Statement:
McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series 5
DDC:
304.209717
Keywords:
Human ecology History
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Ecology History
;
Natural history
;
Prince Edward Island Environmental conditions
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History
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Prince Edward Island
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Historische Umweltforschung
;
Ökologie
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Sozialökologie
;
Ressourcenökonomie
Abstract:
With its long and well-documented history, Prince Edward Island makes a compelling case study for thousands of years of human interaction with a specific ecosystem. The pastoral landscapes, red sandstone cliffs, and small fishing villages of Canada's "garden province" are appealing because they appear timeless, but they are as culturally constructed as they are shaped by the ebb and flow of the tides. Bringing together experts from a multitude of disciplines, the essays in Time and a Place explore the island's marine and terrestrial environment from its prehistory to its recent past. Beginning with PEl's history as a blank slate - a land scraped by ice and then surrounded by rising seas - this mosaic of essays documents the arrival of flora, fauna, and humans, and the different ways these inhabitants have lived in this place over time. The collection offers policy insights for the province while also informing broader questions about the value of islands and other geographically bounded spaces for the study of environmental history and the crafting of global sustainability. Putting PEI at the forefront of Canadian environmental history, Time and a Place is a remarkable work that illuminates the numerous forces that shape and change ecosystems
Abstract:
Muddying the waters of environmental history : islands as ecotones / John R. Gillis -- Museums, laboratories, showcases : Prince Edward and other islands in environmental history / Graeme Wynn -- The palaeo-environment and the peopling of Prince Edward Island : an archaeological perspective / David Keenlyside and Helen Kristmanson -- The forests of Prince Edward Island, 1720-1900 / Douglas Sobey -- Wildlife matters : a historical overview of public consciousness of habitat and wildlife loss on Prince Edward Island / Rosemary Curley -- The Mermaid's tresses : seaplants in the culture and economy of Prince Edward Island / Irené Novaczek -- The fertile crescent : agricultural land use on Prince Edward Island, 1861-1971 / Joshua MacFadyen -- Agriculture and the environment on Prince Edward Island, 1969-2014 : an uneasy relationship / Jean-Paul Arsenault -- Lines in the water : time and place in a fishery / Edward MacDonald and Boyde Beck -- The landscapes of tourism : scenic images in Prince Edward Island tourism literature / Alana MacEachern -- Two centuries of energy on Prince Edward Island / Kathleen Stuart
Note:
Co-published by: Island Studies Press at UPEI Charlottetown
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