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A river captured : the Columbia River Treaty and catastrophic change /
"A River Captured explores the controversial history of the Columbia River Treaty and its impact on the ecosystems, Indigenous peoples, contemporary culture, provincial politics and recent history of southeastern British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest."--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Victoria, BC :
Rocky Mountain Books,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Preparing the Ground: Key Events Preceding the Columbia River Treaty; 1. Swimming through a River of Sage; 2. Big Water Year; 3. Elections, an Extinction and the Mapping of Graves; Give and Take: Who made the CRT Decisions and How; 1. The Long Road to Libby; 2. Silence, Exclusion and Controversy; 3. Standoff; Everything has a Price, Even Betrayal; 1. Growing Delicious Carrots; 2. End Game; The CRT Hangover; 1. Speed, Efficiency and a Sideways Slip; 2. Taking a Stand, Standing in the Way: The Social Complexity of Forced Removal.
- 3. Whittled Down to the Bone: The Lost Landscape of the Upper Kootenay River ValleyPicking Up the Pieces; 1. Reservoir Rye; 2. Opening the Gates; 3. The Voice of the Grandmothers; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index; Copyright Page.