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Canadian wetlands : places and people /

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cultural studies of natures, landscapes and environmentsPublication details: Bristol, UK : Intellect, 2014.Description: xiv, 235 p. : col. map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781783201761
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GB628.15  .G53 2014
Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: Canadian wetlands culture: Past and present; Notes; Chapter 2: Wetlands in anglophone pioneer settler literature and nature writing of the Canadian canon; Notes; Chapter 3: 'In the Acadian land' of Evangeline: The marshlands of Grand Pré, the wetlands of the Bay of Fundy and Longfellow's literary legacy; Acadian Grand Pré; Longfellow's Evangeline; Present pressures and future prospects; Chapter 4: 'The marsh lies rich and wanton': The Tantramar Marshes, Charles G. D. Roberts and Douglas Lochhead Charles G. D. RobertsDouglas Lochhead; Present pressures and future prospects; Notes; Chapter 5: 'Noisome marsh' and 'incurable marshes': Wainfleet Bog, Point Pelee Marshes and the falls on the Niagara Peninsula; Note; Chapter 6: 'A swampy flat': Vancouver and the wetlands of the Fraser River delta; Chapter 7: A city 'set in malarial lakeside swamps': Toronto and Ashbridge's Bay Marsh; Marshy and military beginnings; Sublime city in a swampy wilderness and in a melancholy marsh; Disease and health; Waterbird habitat and uncanny place; Marshlands as liminal space; Mourning and reclamation Mapping the marsh and the metropolisChapter 8: 'Land and water disputed empire': Holland Marsh, John Muir and Henry David Thoreau; Note; Chapter 9: 'Quaking morass': The marshes of Manitoba, Frederick Philip Grove and Aldo Leopold; Chapter 10: 'Smelling the Old Marsh, I knew I was home': Harry Thurston's marshes of Nova Scotia and the future of Canadian wetlands culture; References; Index; BackCover
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Book Book Research Library Stacks Non-fiction GB628.15 .G53 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16476

Includes bibliographic references ( p. 211-232) and index.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: Canadian wetlands culture: Past and present; Notes; Chapter 2: Wetlands in anglophone pioneer settler literature and nature writing of the Canadian canon; Notes; Chapter 3: 'In the Acadian land' of Evangeline: The marshlands of Grand Pré, the wetlands of the Bay of Fundy and Longfellow's literary legacy; Acadian Grand Pré; Longfellow's Evangeline; Present pressures and future prospects; Chapter 4: 'The marsh lies rich and wanton': The Tantramar Marshes, Charles G. D. Roberts and Douglas Lochhead Charles G. D. RobertsDouglas Lochhead; Present pressures and future prospects; Notes; Chapter 5: 'Noisome marsh' and 'incurable marshes': Wainfleet Bog, Point Pelee Marshes and the falls on the Niagara Peninsula; Note; Chapter 6: 'A swampy flat': Vancouver and the wetlands of the Fraser River delta; Chapter 7: A city 'set in malarial lakeside swamps': Toronto and Ashbridge's Bay Marsh; Marshy and military beginnings; Sublime city in a swampy wilderness and in a melancholy marsh; Disease and health; Waterbird habitat and uncanny place; Marshlands as liminal space; Mourning and reclamation Mapping the marsh and the metropolisChapter 8: 'Land and water disputed empire': Holland Marsh, John Muir and Henry David Thoreau; Note; Chapter 9: 'Quaking morass': The marshes of Manitoba, Frederick Philip Grove and Aldo Leopold; Chapter 10: 'Smelling the Old Marsh, I knew I was home': Harry Thurston's marshes of Nova Scotia and the future of Canadian wetlands culture; References; Index; BackCover

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