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Time and a place : an environmental history of Prince Edward Island /

Canada's first province-based environmental history tracks changes from the Ice Age to the Information Age.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: MacDonald, Edward (Author, Editor), Novaczek, Irené (Author, Editor), MacFadyen, Joshua, 1979- (Author, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.
Series:McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series ; 5.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Muddying the waters of environmental history : islands as ecotones / John R. Gillis
  • Museums, laboratories, showcases : Prince Edward and other islands in environmental history / Graeme Wynn
  • The palaeo-environment and the peopling of Prince Edward Island : an archaeological perspective / David Keenlyside and Helen Kristmanson
  • The forests of Prince Edward Island, 1720-1900 / Douglas Sobey
  • Wildlife matters : a historical overview of public consciousness of habitat and wildlife loss on Prince Edward Island / Rosemary Curley
  • The Mermaid's tresses : seaplants in the culture and economy of Prince Edward Island / Irené Novaczek
  • The fertile crescent : agricultural land use on Prince Edward Island, 1861-1971 / Joshua MacFadyen
  • Agriculture and the environment on Prince Edward Island, 1969-2014 : an uneasy relationship / Jean-Paul Arsenault
  • Lines in the water : time and place in a fishery / Edward MacDonald and Boyde Beck
  • The landscapes of tourism : scenic images in Prince Edward Island tourism literature / Alana MacEachern
  • Two centuries of energy on Prince Edward Island / Kathleen Stuart.