Wildlife, Land, and People
Subtitle: A Century of Change in Prairie Canada
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9780773547919
Subjects: Human-animal relationships; Nature, effect of human beings on; Animal ecology; Human ecology; Prairie provinces, history
Description: Presenting a history of human interactions with wildlife in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan between 1870 and 1960, this book examines the confrontations that led to diverse consequences - from the near annihilation of some species to the extraordinary preservation of others - and skilfully finds the roots of these relationships in people's needs for food, sport, security, economic development, personal fulfillment, and identity.