{"product_id":"the-reluctant-land-society-space-and-environment-in-canada-before-confederation-paperback-softback-9780774814508","title":"The Reluctant Land; Society, Space, and Environment in Canada Before Confederation (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774814508","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Reluctant Land\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSociety, Space, and Environment in Canada Before Confederation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCole Harris (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774814508\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e536 pages, 106 maps, 3 charts, 52 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.82 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTrial lawyers attending on Aboriginal claims will find this text usefully covers the history from 1500 forward, showing the changes from an Indigenous populated land to one organized on European terms. - Ronald F. MacIsaac (The Barrister, Issue No.89) This is a welcome antidote to the simplistic renderings of early Canadian history we are exposed to in high school social studies courses, political speeches and CBC mini-series. […] Harris has crafted a deeply insightful account of the history of what would become Canada. […] \u003cem\u003eThe Reluctant Land\u003c\/em\u003e will be used in historical geography courses for many years to come – but it's more than that, because Harris set himself the task of writing a scholarly book accessible to the general reader. […] Encountering \u003cem\u003eThe Reluctant Land\u003c\/em\u003e is like listening to a series of articulate public lectures, organized on a regional basis, allowing for an exploration of each part of the country, in turn. - Raymon Torchinsky (BC Bookworld, Vol.23, No.1, Spring 2009)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Reluctant Land\u003c\/em\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Reluctant Land\u003c\/em\u003e is an intelligent discussion of people and place that will be welcomed by scholars and lay readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Lifeworlds, circa 1500\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 The Northwestern Atlantic, 1497-1632\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Acadia and Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 The Continental Interior, 1632-1750\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Creating and Bounding British North America\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Newfoundland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 The Maritimes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 Lower Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 Upper Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 The Northwestern Interior, 1760-1870\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 British Columbia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 Confederation and the Pattern of Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531053953304,"sku":"9780774814508","price":26.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-reluctant-land-society-space-and-environment-in-canada-before-confederation-paperback-softback-9780774814508","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}