The Beaver Hills country : a history of land and life /

This book explores a relatively small but interesting and unusual region of Alberta between the North Saskatchewan and the Battle Rivers. The Beaver hills arose where mountain glaciers from the west met continental ice-sheets from the east to create a complex and diverse landscape. MacDonald relates...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: MacDonald, Graham, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edmonton : AU Press, ©2009.
Temas:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > General.
Canada.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
Strathcona (Edmonton, Alta.) > History.
Strathcona (Edmonton, Alta.) > Biography.
Strathcona (Alb. : Comté) > Histoire.
Strathcona (Alb. : Comté) > Biographies.
Alberta > Edmonton > Strathcona.
Alberta history
prairie ecology
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Character of the Beaver Hills
  • Ancient Ways Between Two Rivers
  • Traders, Horses, and Bison, 1730-1870
  • Visions of the Promised Land, 1870-1905
  • Conservation, Communities and Egalitarianism, 1905-1930
  • Hard Times and Good Times, 1930-1950
  • Postwar Urbanism.

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