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Author : Kenneth A. Armson,Marjorie McLeod
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781550027587
The story of John Waldie, "the second largest lumber operator in Canada," provides insights into the world of the lumber barons and the impact of the industry on Ontario forests.
Author : Kenneth A. Armson,Marjorie McLeod
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781770702912
At the time of his death in 1907, John Waldie, founder of the Victoria Harbour Lumber Company, was identified as "the second largest lumber operator in Canada." A young Scottish immigrant who came to Wellington Square (now Burlington, Ontario) in 1842, he rose to prominence as a wealthy merchant and ship owner. In 1885 he entered the lumber business. Active in local and federal politics, and a friend of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, he invested capital in mills, people and forests. Local history and genealogical connections are part of the Waldie story, headquartered at Victoria Harbour in Simcoe County. Documentation of the forest that the company logged, their nature, amount and sizes of logs harvested with the descriptions of the forests as they are now, throws new light and shatters some of the current myths. This little-known story provides insights into days of rampant entrepreneurialism, the world of the lumber barons and the overall impact on our Ontario forests.
Author : John Bacher
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459701137
Short-listed for the 2012 Speaker’s Book Award Edmund Zavitz (1875–1968) rescued Ontario from the ravages of increasingly more powerful floods, erosion, and deadly fires. Wastelands were talking over many hectares of once-flourishing farmlands and towns. Sites like the Oak Ridges Moraine were well on their way to becoming a dust bowl and all because of extensive deforestation. Zavitz held the positions of chief forester of Ontario, deputy minister of forests, and director of reforestation. His first pilot reforestation project was in 1905, and since then Zavitz has educated the public and politicians about the need to protect Ontario forests. By the mid-1940s, conservation authorities, provincial nurseries, forestry stations, and bylaws protecting trees were in place. Land was being restored. Just a month before his death, the one billionth tree was planted by Premier John Robarts. Some two billion more would follow. As a result of Zavitz’s work, the Niagara Escarpment, once a wasteland, is now a UNESCO World Biosphere. Recognition of the ongoing need to plant trees to protect our future continues as the legacy of Edmund Zavitz.
Author : C. Latremouille
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Forest ecology
ISBN : MINN:31951D03116003I
Author : John Bacher
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459701120
Short-listed for the 2012 Speaker’s Book Award Edmund Zavitz (1875–1968) rescued Ontario from the ravages of increasingly more powerful floods, erosion, and deadly fires. Wastelands were talking over many hectares of once-flourishing farmlands and towns. Sites like the Oak Ridges Moraine were well on their way to becoming a dust bowl and all because of extensive deforestation. Zavitz held the positions of chief forester of Ontario, deputy minister of forests, and director of reforestation. His first pilot reforestation project was in 1905, and since then Zavitz has educated the public and politicians about the need to protect Ontario forests. By the mid-1940s, conservation authorities, provincial nurseries, forestry stations, and bylaws protecting trees were in place. Land was being restored. Just a month before his death, the one billionth tree was planted by Premier John Robarts. Some two billion more would follow. As a result of Zavitz’s work, the Niagara Escarpment, once a wasteland, is now a UNESCO World Biosphere. Recognition of the ongoing need to plant trees to protect our future continues as the legacy of Edmund Zavitz.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Book industries and trade
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029523607
Author : Anna Porter
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781459731059
The incredible, inside story of the man and the organization changing the way we change the world. George Soros is well known as the legendary speculator who made a fortune betting against the British pound in 1992, but he is also a philanthropist who has spent billions in order to promote democracy around the world. Morton Abramowitz of the Carnegie Endowment for Peace once said that Soros was “the only private citizen with his own foreign policy.” Anna Porter has interviewed Soros, his senior staff, journalists, politicians, and many others in an attempt to understand the man. Each person has a unique story to tell. Focusing on the last decade, she explores how Soros’s Open Society Foundations have spread his ideas of human rights, democracy, Western liberalism, and participatory capitalism around the globe. These are the ideas Soros has said he considers worth dying for. How have they translated into reality? What will his legacy be?
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1476 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015079683747
Author : John Bolton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781416552857
A former ambassador to the United Nations explains his controversial efforts to defend American interests and reform the U.N., presenting his argument for why he believes the United States can enable a greater global security arrangement for modern times. Reprint.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555035816
Author : Eric John Abrahamson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520953420
Building Home is an innovative biography that weaves together three engrossing stories. It is one part corporate and industrial history, using the evolution of mortgage finance as a way to understand larger dynamics in the nation‘s political economy. It is another part urban history, since the extraordinary success of the savings and loan business in Los Angeles reflects much of the cultural and economic history of Southern California. Finally, it is a personal story, a biography of one of the nation‘s most successful entrepreneurs of the managed economy —Howard Fieldstad Ahmanson. Eric John Abrahamson deftly connects these three strands as he chronicles Ahmanson’s rise against the background of the postwar housing boom and the growth of L.A. during the same period. As a sun-tanned yachtsman and a cigar-smoking financier, the Omaha-born Ahmanson was both unique and representative of many of the business leaders of his era. He did not control a vast infrastructure like a railroad or an electrical utility. Nor did he build his wealth by pulling the financial levers that made possible these great corporate endeavors. Instead, he made a fortune by enabling the middle-class American dream. With his great wealth, he contributed substantially to the expansion of the cultural institutions in L.A. As we struggle to understand the current mortgage-led financial crisis, Ahmanson’s life offers powerful insights into an era when the widespread hope of homeownership was just beginning to take shape.
Author : Eleanore Dempster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0969348029
Author : Gayle Wattawa
Publisher : Heyday Books
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : UOM:39015066844872
A land of dramatic landscapes and increasingly dynamic human developments, the Inland Empire is becoming much more than just "the area east of Los Angeles." As tract homes creep over desert areas once thought uninhabitable, the region--comprised of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties--is one of the fastest growing regions in America. Unique in its own history and a microcosm of America at large, it is a land of startling racial, socio-economic, and ideological diversity that has long produced innovative and passionate writing. Inlandia is a study of the journey of a people bound by geography yet striving for self-identity and artistic recognition, and of a land that is becoming both more prosperous and endangered. Over eighty writers are represented in the anthology, with material ranging from Indian stories and early explorers' narratives to pieces written by local emerging authors.--From publisher description.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015084565590
Author : Olivia Graf,Melissa Wells Duffes,Elizabeth B. Greene,Nancy Blumenstalk Mingus,Leslie Humm Cormier Ph.D.,Neal V. Hitch,Mark Edward Braun,Jane C. Busch,Brenda Kayzar,Thomas W. Paradis
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 031333496X
Beginning with the homes of the first European settlers to the North American colonies, and concluding with the latest trends in construction and design of houses and apartments in the United States, Homes through American History is a four-volume set intended for a general audience. From tenements to McMansions, from wattle-and-daub construction in early New England to sustainable materials for green housing, these books provide a rich historical tour through housing in the United States. Divided into 10 historical periods, the series explores a variety of home types and issues within a social, historical, and political context. For use in history, social studies, and literature classes, Homes through American History identifies ; A brief historical overview of the era, in order provide context to the discussion of homes and dwellings. ; Styles of domestic architecture around the country. ; Building material and manufacturing. ; Home layout and design. ; Furniture and decoration. ; Landscaping and outbuildings.
