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Author:

Loo, Tina Merrill, 1962-

Title:

States of nature : conserving Canada's wildlife in the twentieth century / Tina Loo ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

Publisher:

UBC Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xxiv, 280 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Wildlife conservation--Canada--History.
Wildlife conservation--History.--Canada--History.
Wildlife conservation--Canada--History.--History.
Wildlife management--Canada--History.
Faune--Histoire.--Canada--Histoire.
Faune--Histoire.--Politique gouvernementale--Canada--Histoire.
Faune--Histoire.--Canada--Participation des citoyens--Histoire.
Faune--Histoire.--Canada--Histoire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-269) and index.

Contents:

Index. Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 7. Wild by law : animals, people, and the state to 1945 -- 2. Make way for wildlife : colonization, resistance, and transformation -- 3. The dominion of Father Goose : local knowledge and wildlife conservation -- 4. The Hudson's Bay Company and scientific conservation -- 5. Buffalo burgers and reindeer steaks : government wildlife conservation in postwar Canada -- 6. Predators and postwar conservation -- 7. From wildlife to wild places -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

Series:

Nature, history, society ; 1713-6687

ISBN:

9780774812900 (pbk.)
0774812907 (pbk.)
9780774812894 (bound)
0774812893 (bound)

LCCN:

2008399504

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)