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.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9780774856096 9780774814492
- LCCN
- F1026
- LCCN Item number
- H37 2008eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxii, 486 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00223524 (OCoLC)646864087 (CaOOCEL)422116
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Maps and Figures 10
- Preface 16
- Acknowledgments 22
- 1 Lifeworlds, circa 1500 26
- 2 The Northwestern Atlantic, 1497-1632 45
- 3 Acadia and Canada 77
- 4 The Continental Interior, 1632-1750 117
- 5 Creating and Bounding British North America 142
- 6 Newfoundland 162
- 7 The Maritimes 187
- 8 Lower Canada 256
- 9 Upper Canada 331
- 10 The Northwestern Interior, 1760-1870 402
- 11 British Columbia 441
- 12 Confederation and the Pattern of Canada 473
- Index 501
- A 501
- B 501
- C 502
- D 503
- E 503
- F 504
- G 505
- H 505
- I 505
- J 506
- K 506
- L 506
- M 507
- N 507
- O 507
- P 508
- Q 508
- R 508
- S 509
- T 510
- U 510
- V 510
- W 510
- Y 511
