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Author : J. David Wood
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780773595460
Author : James Keith Johnson,Bruce G. Wilson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 0886290708
Ontario was known as "Upper Canada" from 1791 to 1841.
Author : Thomas A. Rumney
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 801 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780810867185
Canadian Geography: A Scholarly Bibliography is a compendium of published works on geographical studies of Canada and its various provinces. It includes works on geographical studies of Canada as a whole, on multiple provinces, and on individual provinces. Works covered include books, monographs, atlases, book chapters, scholarly articles, dissertations, and theses. The contents are organized first by region into main chapters, and then each chapter is divided into sections: General Studies, Cultural and Social Geography, Economic Geography, Historical Geography, Physical Geography, Political Geography, and Urban Geography. Each section is further sub-divided into specific topics within each main subject. All known publications on the geographical studies of Canada—in English, French, and other languages—covering all types of geography are included in this bibliography. It is an essential resource for all researchers, students, teachers, and government officials needing information and references on the varied aspects of the environments and human geographies of Canada.
Author : Hugh J. Gayler
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1994-09-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780773573895
In this synthesis of urban geography and environmental studies, ten scholars explore the complex physical and human characteristics of Canada's best known region. They attempt to formulate a geopolitical blueprint for preservation of both the natural elements and future enterprise.
Author : Cole Harris
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774858380
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.
Author : Gordon G. Whitney
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1996-08-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 052157658X
From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain is an account of the making of a large part of the American landscape following European settlement. Drawing upon land survey records and early travellers' accounts, Dr Whitney reconstructs the 'virgin' forests and grasslands of the north-eastern and central United States during the pre-settlement period. He then documents successively the clearance and fragmentation of the region's woodlands, the harvest of the forest and its game, the ploughing of the prairies, and the draining of wetlands. The degree to which these activities altered the soil, climate, plant and animal communities, and water cycle are evaluated, and the sustainability of present-day ecosystems is brought into question in this account.
Author : Guy M. Robinson
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781459727717
This collection of essays focus on subjects which formed the basis of his life's work -- the changing character of Canadian landscape and society, and the urbanization of that society, including aspects of its historical evolution, its present spacial forms and current social issues.
Author : John David Wood
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0773520481
The colony that became Ontario arose almost spontaneously out of the confusion and uncertainty following the American Revolution, as a quickly chosen refuge for some 10,000 Loyalists who had to leave their former homes. After the War of 1812 settlers began to spread throughout the inter-lake peninsula that was to become southern Ontario and by the middle of the nineteenth century expansion had led to a diversifying agriculture and an increasingly open farming landscape that replaced a mature forest ecosystem. The scale of the change from forest to cropland profoundly affected what had been for many decades a rich environment for life forms, from large herbivores down to microscopic creatures. In Making Ontario David Wood shows that the most effective agent of change in the first century of Ontario's development was not the locomotive but settlers' attempts to change the forest into agricultural land. Wood traces the various threads that went into creating a successful farming colony while documenting the sacrifice of the forest ecosystem to the demands of progress, progress that prepared the ground for the railway. Making Ontario provides a detailed focus on environmental modification at a time of great changes. It is liberally illustrated with analytical maps based on archival research. J. David Wood is professor of geography and urban studies at Atkinson College, York University.
Author : Chad Gaffield
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Education
ISBN : 0773506020
Author : Ajith H. Perera,David L. Euler,Ian D. Thompson
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780774842365
The growing popularity of the broad, landscape-scale approach to forest management represents a dramatic shift from the traditional, stand-based focus on timber production. Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape responds to the increasing need of forest policy developers, planners, and managers for an integrated, comprehensive perspective on ecological landscapes. The book examines the "big picture" of ecological patterns and processes through a case study of the vast managed forest region in Ontario. The contributors synthesize current landscape ecological knowledge of this area and look at gaps and future research directions from several points of view: spatial patterns, ecological functions and processes, natural disturbances, and ecological responses to disturbance. They also discuss the integration of landscape ecological knowledge into policies of forest management policies, particularly with respect to Ontario's legislative goals of forest sustainability. Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape is the first book to describe the landscape ecology of a continuously forested landscape in a comprehensive manner. It is written for instructors and students in forest management, wildlife ecology, and landscape ecology, and for forest managers, planners, and policy developers in North America.
Author : Martin Brook Taylor,Doug Owram
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 080206826X
"In these two volumes, which replace the Reader's Guide to Canadian History, experts provide a select and critical guide to historical writing about pre- and post-Confederation Canada, with an emphasis on the most recent scholarship" -- Cover.
Author : John Clarke
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9780773536746
An overview of agricultural practices and land use in early Canada.
Author : Thomas F. McIlwraith
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0802076580
The slogan on Ontario's licence plates, 'Yours to Discover,' was designed to promote travel opportunities within the province. Every year, thousands of tourists drive along country roads, past farmyards and through hamlets, en route to popular vacation spots. In Looking for Old Ontario, Thomas McIlwraith shows that many destinations are closer at hand than one might imagine, and invites travellers to rediscover familiar countryside landmarks by 'reading' them as chapters in a rich historical narrative. Surveyors long ago scored Ontario's land, and generations have since inscribed it with residences, businesses, and institutions. This book, the result of thirty years of field work and archival research, is a reflection on and an interpretation of the ways in which the land and its inhabitants interrelate. Looking for Old Ontario guides readers through the vernacular landscape of the province, examining barns, fences, jails, post offices, inns, mills, canals, railways, roadsides, cemeteries, and much more. McIlwraith emphasizes ordinary features of the cultural landscape which communicate social meaning to the observant eye. The landscape tells us that Ontario has been inhabited by thrifty people; this we can conclude by looking at the economical use and reuse of construction materials. Yet the landscape also tells us that Ontario's residents have been inclined to show off: consider the province's unusually large number of elegant brick dwellings. To read a landscape is to think about such connections, and McIlwraith's contemplative style differentiates his work from manuals or handbooks. Since landscape interpretation is a highly visual subject, Looking for Old Ontario is extensively illustrated with photographs, drawings, and maps. It will be useful to general readers interested in recognizing the broader meanings of their communities' heritage, as well as to students of geography, history, and planning.
Author : John Clarke
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 787 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780773520622
Blending qualitative and quantitative approaches, John Clarke measures the pulse of Ontario's pre-industrial society."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Gilbert A. Stelter,Alan F.J. Artibise
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1982-09-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780773584860
This is a collection of essays focusing on the process of city-building in Canada. The authors weigh the relative broad social, economic and technological trends as they attempt to explain the shaping of this urban landscape.
