ISBN:
9780773589810
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0773589813
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxiv, 488 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
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colour illustrations, colour maps.
Edition:
[CEL version]
Series Statement:
McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series 2
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Riley, J.L. (John L.) Once and future Great Lakes country
DDC:
304.209713
Keywords:
Human ecology History
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Great Lakes Region (North America)
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Human ecology History
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Human ecology History
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Ecology
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Human ecology
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography
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History
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Great Lakes Region (North America) Environmental conditions
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History
;
Great Lakes Region
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Great Lakes Region (North America) Environmental conditions
;
History
;
Great Lakes Region (North America) Environmental conditions
;
History
;
Great Lakes Region
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
"North America's Great Lakes country has experienced centuries of upheaval. Its landscapes are utterly changed from what they were five hundred years ago. The region's superabundant fish and wildlife and its magnificent forests and prairies astonished European newcomers who called it an earthly paradise but then ushered in an era of disease, warfare, resource depletion, and land development that transformed it forever. The Once and Future Great Lakes Country is a history of environmental change in the Great Lakes region, looking as far back as the last ice age, and also reflecting on modern trajectories of change, many of them positive. John Riley chronicles how the region serves as a continental crossroads, one that experienced massive declines in its wildlife and native plants in the centuries after European contact, and has begun to see increased nature protection and re-wilding in recent decades. Yet climate change, globalization, invasive species, and urban sprawl are today exerting new pressures on the region's ecology. Covering a vast geography encompassing two Canadian provinces and nine American states, The Once and Future Great Lakes Country provides both a detailed ecological history and a broad panorama of this vast region. It blends the voices of early visitors with the hopes of citizens now"--Publisher's description
Abstract:
Introduction: the fifth line: a farm just like thousands of others -- Part one: The land and what happened to it. The land beyond memory: before 1500 -- Stone age meets iron -- and smallpox: the 1500s and 1600s -- Wilding the land with war: the 1700s -- Manufacturing the land: the 1800s -- Part two: Voices of nature past. Taking the wildlife: 1500-1900 -- Clearing the wood: 1500-1900 -- Taming the unforested: prairies, alvars, barrens, cliffs, bogs, and fens -- The true north: three centuries on -- Part three: Nature's prospect. Invasives: the unintended consequences of the uninvited -- Growing cities, changing climates: the next conversion -- Restoration: a new native landscape.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Fifth Line: A Farm Just Like Thousands of OthersPart One The Land and What Happened to It. 1 The Land beyond Memory: Before 1500 ; 2 Stone Age Meets Iron -- and Smallpox: The 1500s and 1600s ; 3 Wilding the Land with War: The 1700s ; 4 Manufacturing the Land: The 1800s.
Description / Table of Contents:
Part Two Voices of Nature Past. 5 Taking the Wildlife: 1500-1900 ; 6 Clearing the Wood: 1500-1900 ; 7 Taming the Unforested: Prairies, Alvars, Barrens, Cliffs, Bogs, and Fens ; 8 The True North: Three Centuries On.
Description / Table of Contents:
Part Three Nature's Prospect. 9 Invasives: The Unintended Consequences of the Uninvited ; 10 Growing Cities, Changing Climates: The Next Conversion ; 11 Restoration: A New Native LandscapeAfterword: Nature Never Repeats Itself.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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