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Civilizing the Wilderness
A.A. (Andy) den Otter
其他書名
Culture and Nature in Pre-Confederation Canada and Rupert’s Land
出版University of Alberta, 2012-07-02
主題History / Canada / GeneralHistory / Social History
ISBN08886467639780888646767
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2mOnAgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In this collection of essays, A.A. den Otter explores the meaning of the concepts "civilizing" and "wilderness" within an 1850s Euro-British North American context. At the time, den Otter argues, these concepts meant something quite different than they do today. Through careful readings and researches of a variety of lesser known individuals and events, den Otter teases out the striking dichotomy between "civilizing" and "wilderness," leading readers to a new understanding of the relationship between newcomers and Native peoples, and the very lands they inhabited. Historians and non-specialists with an interest in western Canadian native, settler, and environmental-economic history will be deeply rewarded by reading Civilizing the Wilderness.