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How to know the mosses and liverworts
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26224
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Conrad, Henry S.
- Publisher
- Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers
- Edition
- 2nd
- Call Number
- 04.1 C76m
- Author
- Conrad, Henry S.
- Edition
- 2nd
- Publisher
- Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- xi, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Mosses
- Liverworts
- Botany
- Plants
- Science
- Contents
- Preface -- About mosses and liverworts -- Classification -- How to study bryophytes -- General references -- How to use the keys -- Pictured-key to the bryophytes of North America -- Musci, the mosses -- Class I. anthrocerotae, the hornworts -- Class II. Hepaticae, the liverworts -- List of synonyms -- Index and pictured-glossary.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 0697047687
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 C76m
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How to know the lichens
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26225
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1979
- Author
- Hale, Mason E.
- Publisher
- Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers
- Call Number
- 04.1 H13l
- Author
- Hale, Mason E.
- Publisher
- Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers
- Published Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- xi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 10 cm
- Contents
- Preface -- What are lichens -- How to make chemical tests -- How to collect and study lichens -- How to use the pictured key -- General references -- Pictured key to the foliose and fruticose lichens -- List of synonyms and incorrect names -- Phylogentic list of genera and families -- Acknowledgments for illustration -- index and pictured glossary.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 0697047636
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 H13l
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Trees and shrubs in winter : a guide to the identification of common trees and shrubs in Northwestern British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26226
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2003
- Author
- Pojar, Rosamund
- Publisher
- Smithers, BC : Cassiope Press
- Smithers, BC : Creekstone Press
- Call Number
- 04.1 P75t 2003
- 04.1 P75t 2010
- Author
- Pojar, Rosamund
- Responsibility
- Illustrations by Evi Coulson
- Publisher
- Smithers, BC : Cassiope Press
- Smithers, BC : Creekstone Press
- Published Date
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 153 pages : illustrations ; 12 cm
- Contents
- Introduction -- Key to sections -- Key to coniferous trees -- Key #1 to deciduous trees (shrubby form) -- Key #2 to deciduous trees (mature) -- Key to deciduous shrubs (or small trees) with alternate buds -- Key to evergreen shrubs -- Additional trees and shrubs that occur in the northern interior and northern coastal regions of British Columbia -- Glossary.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 097335920
- 9780978319533
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 P75t 2003
- 04.1 P75t 2010
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Simon and schuster's guide to mushrooms
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26227
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Pacioni, Giovanni
- Publisher
- New York : Simon and Schuster
- Call Number
- 04.1 P11f
- Author
- Pacioni, Giovanni
- Publisher
- New York : Simon and Schuster
- Published Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 512 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Contents
- Foreword -- Analytic key -- Mushrooms with scales on cap and stem -- Mushrooms with pores and spines on cap and stem and mushrooms with domed caps -- Shelf or crust mushrooms -- Bush or club mushrooms -- Spheres, stars, pears, and cup-shaped mushrooms -- glossary.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 0671428497
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 P11f
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- Archives Library
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Mushrooms of Western Canada
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1991
- 2021
- Author
- Schalkwijk-Barendsen, Helen M.E.
- Publisher
- Edmonton, AB : Lone Pine Publishing
- Call Number
- 04.1 Sch1m 1991
- 04.1 Sch1m 2021
- Publisher
- Edmonton, AB : Lone Pine Publishing
- Published Date
- 1991
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 416 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Contents
- Introduction -- Illustrated key to fruiting bodies -- Classification overview -- Keys to colour illustrations -- Colour illustrations -- Species descriptions.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 0919433472
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 Sch1m 1991
- 04.1 Sch1m 2021
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Mosses, lichens and ferns of Northwest North America
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26229
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1988
- Author
- Vit, Dale H.
- Publisher
- Edmonton, AB : Lone Pine Publishing
- Call Number
- 04.1 V83m
- Author
- Vit, Dale H.
- Responsibility
- Janet E. Marsh and Robin B. Bovey
- Publisher
- Edmonton, AB : Lone Pine Publishing
- Published Date
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 296 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
- Contents
- Introduction -- Mosses, their structure and biology -- Liverworts, their structure and biology -- Lichens, their structure and biology -- Horsetails, club mosses and ferns, their structure and biology -- Additional literature -- Glossary.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 0919433413
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 V83m
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How to identify plants
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26230
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1957
- Author
- Harrington, H.D.
- Publisher
- Chicago : The Swallow Press Inc.
- Call Number
- 04.1 H24h
- Author
- Harrington, H.D.
- Responsibility
- Illustrations by L.W. Durrell
- Publisher
- Chicago : The Swallow Press Inc.
- Published Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 296 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
- Subjects
- Guidebook
- Identification
- Botany
- Plants
- Science
- Illustrations
- Contents
- Introduction -- How plants are classified -- Common names and scientific names -- Terms relative to the flower -- Terms relative to the inflorescence -- Terms relative to underground parts -- Terms relative to the stem -- Terms relative to the leaves -- Terms relative to surfaces -- General terms -- Fruits and seeds -- Use of keys in plant identification -- Collecting and pressing plants -- Manuals and floras -- Illustrated glossary.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 0804001499
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 H24h
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Edible and poisonous mushrooms of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26231
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Walton Groves, J.
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Research Branch, Agriculture Canada
- Call Number
- 04.1 W17e
- Author
- Walton Groves, J.
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Research Branch, Agriculture Canada
- Published Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 326 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Contents
- Introduction -- Parts of a mushroom -- Collecting mushrooms -- Food value of mushrooms -- Mushroom poisioning -- Identification -- Nomenclature -- Classification -- Key to the genera of mushrooms -- Technical key to the genera of mushrooms.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 066010136
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 W17e
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Forest tree diseases of the prairie provinces
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26232
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1987
- Author
- Hiratsuka, Y.
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Forestry Service
- Call Number
- 04.1 H62f
- Author
- Hiratsuka, Y.
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Canadian Forestry Service
- Published Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 142 pages : illustrations ; 10 cm
- Contents
- Introduction -- Infectious diseases -- Noninfectious disorders -- General references -- Appendix 1. list of diseases by host -- Glossary -- Index.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 0662152816
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 H62f
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Prairie plants of southeast Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26233
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1984
- Author
- Johnson, Hope
- Publisher
- Medicine Hat, AB : Hope Johnson
- Call Number
- 04.1 J76p
- Author
- Johnson, Hope
- Publisher
- Medicine Hat, AB : Hope Johnson
- Published Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 126 pages : illustrations ; 10 cm
- Contents
- Species with white or cream coloured flowers -- Species with yellow flowers -- Species with blue flowers -- Species with mauve, pink flowers -- Species with pink flowers -- Species with magenta flowers -- Species with violet purple flowers -- Species with green or inconspicious flowers.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 J76p
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The audubon society field guide to North American mushrooms
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26234
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Lincoff, Gary H.
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Edition
- 1st
- Call Number
- 04.1 L63m
- Author
- Lincoff, Gary H.
- Responsibility
- Illustrated by Carol Nehring
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Published Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 926 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Series
- Audubon Society Field Guide Series
- Subjects
- Botany
- Identification
- Science
- Illustrations
- Mushroom
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 0394519922
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 L63m
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The audubon society field guide to North American trees
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26235
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Author
- Little, Elbert L.
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Edition
- 1st
- Call Number
- 04.1 L73t
- Author
- Little, Elbert L.
- Responsibility
- Illustrated by Susan Rayfield and Olivia Buehl
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Published Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 926 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Series
- Audubon Society Field Guide Series
- Subjects
- Botany
- Dendrology
- Identification
- Science
- Illustrations
- Trees
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 0394507614
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 L73t
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Wild flowers of Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26236
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1977
- Author
- Cormack, R.G.H.
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
- Call Number
- 04.1 C81i
- Author
- Cormack, R.G.H.
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
- Published Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 415 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Botany
- Flowers
- Identification
- Science
- Illustrations
- Contents
- Introduction -- Plant structures -- Index by family -- Colour index -- Habitat studies -- Wild flowers of Alberta -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of common names -- Index of scientific names.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- ISBN
- 0888301278
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 04.1 C81i
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The Canadian mountain assessment : walking together to enhance the understanding of mountains in Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26222
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Calgary, AB : University of Calgary Press
- Edition
- 2023
- Call Number
- 04 M14c
- Responsibility
- Graham McDowell (Project Lead), Madison Stevens, Shawn Marshall [and 70 others]
- Edition
- 2023
- Publisher
- Calgary, AB : University of Calgary Press
- Published Date
- 2023
- Physical Description
- xvii, 355 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), color maps ; 28 cm
- Subjects
- Mountains
- Ecology
- Science
- Indigenous People
- Environment
- Abstract
- The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple forms of evidence together in ways that enhance our collective understanding of mountains in Canada, while also respecting and maintaining the integrity of different knowledge systems. The Canadian Mountain Assessment is a text-based document, but also includes a variety of visual materials as well as access to video recordings of oral knowledges shared by Indigenous individuals from mountain areas in Canada. The assessment is the result of over three years of work, during which time the initiative played an important role in connecting and cultivating relationships between mountain knowledge holders from across Canada. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mountain environments -- 3. Mountains as homelands -- 4. Gifts of the mountains -- 5. Mountains under pressure -- 6. Desirable mountain futures.
- Notes
- Staff member Dawn Saunders Dahl contributed to this publication.
- 2022-2023 Lillian Agnes Jones Scholarship Recipient, Kate Hanly contributed to this publication.
- Publication utilized Whyte Museum Archives and Special Collections materials.
- ISBN
- 9781773855097
- Accession Number
- P2024.01
- Call Number
- 04 M14c
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Rocky voices : the memories of minerals that form the Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26193
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2023
- Author
- Enkelmann, Eva
- Publisher
- Altona, MB : FriesenPress
- Call Number
- 03.2 En5r
- 03.2 En5r reference copy
- Author
- Enkelmann, Eva
- Publisher
- Altona, MB : FriesenPress
- Published Date
- 2023
- Physical Description
- 113 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
- Abstract
- A collection of stories from the perspectives of personified minerals found in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Lucy Calcite -- Sir Charles Zircon -- Jenny Apatite -- Joel Illite -- Captain Susi Sanidine -- Sam Coal -- Emma Amphipora -- David Rock Flour -- Karen Waterdrop -- Peter Pebble -- Bridget Cement -- Ray Clay.
- ISBN
- 9781039161542
- Accession Number
- P2023.17
- P2023.25
- Call Number
- 03.2 En5r
- 03.2 En5r reference copy
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The glaciers of the Alps
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26169
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1860
- Author
- Tyndall, John
- Publisher
- London : John Murray
- Call Number
- 03.4 T98g
- Author
- Tyndall, John
- Publisher
- London : John Murray
- Published Date
- 1860
- Physical Description
- 444 pages
- Abstract
- A narrative of excusions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers, and an expostition of the physical principles to which they are related. -- From interior title page
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 03.4 T98g
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The high Alps : a natural history of ice and snow
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26164
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1931
- Author
- Tutton, A. E. H.
- Publisher
- London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Call Number
- 03 T89t
- Author
- Tutton, A. E. H.
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Publisher
- London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.
- Published Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 317 pages
- Contents
- PART I -- I. Introduction -- II. The evolution of our knowledge of water and ice -- III. The physical relationships of water and ice -- IV. The crystal structure of ice and snow -- V. Optical, thermal, and electrical properties of ice -- VI. Plasticity, viscosity, and elasticity of ice -- VII. Artificial ice production, river and ground ice, arctic and antarctic ice -- PART II -- VIII. The Alps, the ice and snow mountains of central Europe and their call -- IX. Nature and geological character of the Alps -- X. Situations of the ranges, peaks, and glaciers of the Alps -- XI. Snow-caps and glaciers and their movements -- XII. Crevasses, bergschrunds, and seracs ; dirt-bands and veins ; moraines and glacier lakes -- XIII. How the great summits have been conquered -- PART III -- XIV. Expeditions in the Bernese Oberland -- XV. Expeditions in the Pennine Alps, Monte Rosa -- Matterhorn section -- XVI. Expeditions in the Pennine Alps. Zinai, ferpecle and arolla section -- XVII. Expeditions in the chain of Mont Blanc -- XVIII. The ascent of Mont Blanc. Scientific work on the mountain -- XIX. Expeditions in the Graian and Dauphine Alps -- XX. Expeditions in the Bernina Alps and ortler group.
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 03 T89t
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Walking together, working together : engaging wisdom for indigenous well-being
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25722
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Polynya Press, an imprint of University of Alberta Press
- Call Number
- 07.2 J62w
- Responsibility
- Edited by Leslie Main Johnson and Janelle Marie Baker
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta : Polynya Press, an imprint of University of Alberta Press
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- xii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Abstract
- This collection takes a holistic view of well-being, seeking complementarities between Indigenous approaches to healing and Western biomedicine. Topics include traditional healers and approaches to treatment of disease and illness; traditional knowledge and intellectual property around medicinal plant knowledge; the role of diet and traditional foods in health promotion; culturally sensitive approaches to healing work with urban Indigenous populations; and integrating biomedicine, alternative therapies, and Indigenous healing in clinical practice. Throughout, the voices of Elders, healers, physicians, and scholars are in dialogue to promote Indigenous community well-being through collaboration. This book will be of interest to scholars in Indigenous Studies, medicine and public health, medical anthropology, and anyone involved with care delivery and public health in Indigenous communities. Contributors: Darlene Auger, Dorothy Badry, Margaret David, Meda DeWitt, Hal Eagletail, Gary L. Ferguson III, Marc Fonda, Annie Goose, Angela Grier (Pioohksoopanskii), Leslie Main Johnson, Allison Kelliher, Patrick Lightning, Mary Maje, Maria Mayan, Ruby E. Morgan, Richard T. Oster, Ann Maje Raider, Camille (Pablo) Russell, Ginetta Salvalaggio, Ellen L. Toth, Harry Watchmaker. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Building pathways to well-being and healing : an introduction: Working Together looking for pathways to well-being and healing / Leslie Main Johnson -- Spiritual pathway to health and balance / Harry Watchmaker -- Bringing traditional medicine into the medical system / Camille (Pablo) Russell and Hal Eagletail -- Traditional Indigenous model of health and well-being : how does the Western Physician Work Within this Paradigm? / Darlene Auger -- Healing journey, working for Kaska wellness / Mary Maje and Ann Maje Raider -- Dim Wila Dil dils'm, (the way we live :Gitxsan approaches to a comprehensive health plan, the Gitxsan Traditional Health Plan / Ruby E. Morgan, Luu Giss Yee -- Holistic and culturally based approaches to health promotion in Alaska native communities / Gary Ferguson, Meda DeWitt and Margaret David -- Southeast Tlingit rites of passage for women's puberty: a participatory action Approach / Meda DeWitt, Ts´a Tse´e Na´akw/Khaat Klla.at -- zHealth and healing on the edges of Canada : a photovoice project in Ulukhhaktok, N.T. / Dorothy Badry and Annie I. Goose -- Traditional knowledge: science, and protection / Marc Fonda -- Diabetes and culture : time to truly and sincerely listen to indigenous peoples / Richard T. Oster, Angela Grier, Rick Lightning, Maria J. Mayan, and Ellen L. Toth -- 'Here', 'Now,' and health research : developing shared priorities within scholarship / Ginetta Salvalaggio -- Nature is Medicine / Allison Kelliher -- Paths forward : Concluding Words / Leslie Main Johnson
- Notes
- Some chapters previously presented at conference Wisdom Engaged: Traditional Knowledge for Northern Community Well-Being (University of Alberta, Edmonton, 2015).
- ISBN
- 9781772125375
- Accession Number
- P2023.14
- Call Number
- 07.2 J62w
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The domination of nature
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25698
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2023
- Author
- Leiss, William
- Publisher
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen’s University Press
- Call Number
- 04 L53t
- Author
- Leiss, William
- Publisher
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen’s University Press
- Published Date
- 2023
- Physical Description
- 306 pages ; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Environment
- Philosophy
- Science
- Technology
- Nature
- Abstract
- Concern over ecological and environmental problems grows daily, and many believe we’re at a critical tipping point. Scientists, social thinkers, public officials, and the public recognize that failure to understand the destructive impact of industrial society and advanced technologies on the delicate balance of organic life in the global ecosystem will result in devastating problems for future generations. In The Domination of Nature William Leiss argues that this global predicament must be understood in terms of deeply rooted attitudes towards nature. He traces the origins, development, and social consequences of an idea whose imprint is everywhere in modern thought: the idea of the domination of nature. In Part One Leiss traces the idea of the domination of nature from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century. Francis Bacon’s seminal work provides the pivotal point for this discussion, and through an original interpretation of Bacon’s thought, Leiss shows how momentous ambiguities in the idea were incorporated into modern thought. By the beginning of the twentieth century the concept had become firmly identified with scientific and technological progress. This fact defines the task of Part Two. Using important contributions by European sociologists and philosophers, Leiss critically analyzes the role of science and technology in the modern world. In the concluding chapter he puts the idea of mastery over nature into historical perspective and explores a new approach, based on the possibilities of the liberation of nature. Originally published in 1972, The Domination of Nature was part of the first wave of widespread interest in environmental issues. In a new preface Leiss explores the concept of eco-dominion and the moral obligations of human citizens of the twenty-first century.-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- The Cunning of Unreason -- Mythical, Religious, and Philosophical Roots -- Francis Bacon -- The Seventeenth Century and After -- Science and Domination -- Science and Nature -- Technology and Domination -- The Liberation of Nature?
- ISBN
- 9780228017257
- Accession Number
- P2023.08
- Call Number
- 04 L53t
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Villain, vermin, icon, kin : wolves and the making of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25704
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- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Rutherford, Stephanie
- Publisher
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
- Call Number
- 04.2 R93v
- Author
- Rutherford, Stephanie
- Publisher
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Abstract
- A wolf's howl is felt in the body. Frightening and compelling, incomprehensible or entirely knowable, it is a sound that may be heard as threat or invitation but leaves no listener unaffected. Toothsome fiends, interfering pests, or creatures wild and free, wolves have been at the heart of Canada's national story since long before Confederation. Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin contends that the role in which wolves have been cast - monster or hero - has changed dramatically through time. Exploring the social history of wolves in Canada, Stephanie Rutherford weaves an innovative tapestry from the varied threads of historical and contemporary texts, ideas, and practices in human-wolf relations, from provincial bounties to Farley Mowat's iconic Never Cry Wolf. These examples reveal that Canada was made, in part, through relationships with nonhuman animals. Wolves have always captured the human imagination. In sketching out the connections people have had with wolves at different times, Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin offers a model for more ethical ways of interacting with animals in the face of a global biodiversity crisis. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- PART ONE: VILLIANS AND VERMIN -- Fear: settler encounters with wildness out of place -- Disgust: bounties and bureaucracies of extermination -- PART TWO: RECUPERATING THE WOLF -- Passion: writing the wolf in Canadian literature -- Curiosity: the scientific reimagining of a predator -- Devotion: wolf live in modern times -- PART THREE: KNOWING THE WOLF -- Ambivalence: dwelling in multispecies assemblages -- Empathy: Indigneous teachings offer a way out (and in) -- Epilogue: the hazards of a symbol
- ISBN
- 9780228011088
- Accession Number
- P2023.07
- Call Number
- 04.2 R93v
- Collection
- Archives Library
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