Quebec [[electronic resource] ] : a historical geography / / Serge Courville ; translated by Richard Howard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780848003321
• Autore: Courville Serge <1943->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2008
• ISBN: 1-282-45704-7; 9786612457043; 0-7748-5606-8
• Edizione: [71st edition. This is the edition statement.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HowardRichard <1940->
• Disciplina: 911/.714
• Soggetti: Human territoriality - Québec (Province) - History; Human geography - Québec (Province); Québec (Province) Historical geography; Québec (Province) Social conditions; Québec (Province) Economic conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Translation of: Le Québec : genèses et mutations du territoire.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Territory -- Historical Depth -- Prehistoric Ranges -- Origins -- European Contact -- Frontier Farmers -- Establishing a Colony -- A Century of Expansion -- After the Conquest -- Growth and Colonization -- Transition -- Taking the Land -- The Other Frontier -- Prospects -- From Growth to Recession -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this richly documented work, Serge Courville tells the geographical history of Quebec from the appearance of the first humans through to the present day. This detailed and erudite book maps major stages of Quebec's development, providing a geographical record of the many social relationships that over time created a sense of place. Landscape, Courville shows, is the keeper of memory, the record of successive changes, and a witness to the genesis of the new. Places that were once agricultural, then left to waste and ruin, are today revivified by tourism. Areas that now house office buildings were long ago open playgrounds where children ruled. Drawing on vast research, Courville shows how, ; in spite of the turbulence Quebec often endures � or perhaps because of it � the land itself may be seen as an important participant in the history of its peoples. Quebec: A Historical Geography was originally published by Les Presses de l'Universit� Laval as Le Qu�bec: Gen�ses et mutations du territoire.