Looking for old Ontario : two centuries of landscape change / / Thomas F. McIlwraith |
Autore | McIlwraith Thomas F. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/09713 |
Soggetto topico | Human geography - Ontario, Southern |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-00321-6
9786612003219 1-4426-7681-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Acknowledging landscape -- 2. The evolving vernacular -- 3. Natural and human history -- 4. Surveys and place names -- 5. Building materials and arts -- 6. Houses -- 7. Revealing details -- 8. Community buildings -- 9. Barns -- 10. Fences -- 11. Power and mills -- 12. Graves and monuments -- 13. Farms -- 14. Roadsides -- 15. Transport systems -- 16. Townscapes -- 17. Boundaries -- 18. Decay and renewal -- APPENDIX A. Structure and outside finish -- APPENDIX B. Halls -- APPENDIX C. A fence typology -- Notes -- Suggested reading -- Selected bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455518503321 |
McIlwraith Thomas F. | ||
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Looking for old Ontario : two centuries of landscape change / / Thomas F. McIlwraith |
Autore | McIlwraith Thomas F. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/09713 |
Soggetto topico | Human geography - Ontario, Southern |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Livres numeriques.
History e-books. Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-00321-6
9786612003219 1-4426-7681-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Acknowledging landscape -- 2. The evolving vernacular -- 3. Natural and human history -- 4. Surveys and place names -- 5. Building materials and arts -- 6. Houses -- 7. Revealing details -- 8. Community buildings -- 9. Barns -- 10. Fences -- 11. Power and mills -- 12. Graves and monuments -- 13. Farms -- 14. Roadsides -- 15. Transport systems -- 16. Townscapes -- 17. Boundaries -- 18. Decay and renewal -- Appendix A. Structure and outside finish -- Appendix B. Halls -- Appendix C.A fence typology. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780572903321 |
McIlwraith Thomas F. | ||
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Looking for old Ontario : two centuries of landscape change / / Thomas F. McIlwraith |
Autore | McIlwraith Thomas F. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/09713 |
Soggetto topico | Human geography - Ontario, Southern |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Livres numeriques.
History e-books. Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-00321-6
9786612003219 1-4426-7681-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Acknowledging landscape -- 2. The evolving vernacular -- 3. Natural and human history -- 4. Surveys and place names -- 5. Building materials and arts -- 6. Houses -- 7. Revealing details -- 8. Community buildings -- 9. Barns -- 10. Fences -- 11. Power and mills -- 12. Graves and monuments -- 13. Farms -- 14. Roadsides -- 15. Transport systems -- 16. Townscapes -- 17. Boundaries -- 18. Decay and renewal -- Appendix A. Structure and outside finish -- Appendix B. Halls -- Appendix C.A fence typology. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813477203321 |
McIlwraith Thomas F. | ||
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The once and future Great Lakes country : an ecological history / / John L. Riley |
Autore | Riley J. L (John L.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 304.2/09713 |
Collana | McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series |
Soggetto topico | Human ecology - Great Lakes Region (North America) - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-7735-8982-1
0-7735-8981-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464400503321 |
Riley J. L (John L.) | ||
Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The once and future Great Lakes country : an ecological history / / John L. Riley |
Autore | Riley J. L (John L.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 304.2/09713 |
Collana |
McGill-Queen's Rural, Wildland, and Resource Studies
McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series |
Soggetto topico | Human ecology - Great Lakes Region (North America) - History |
ISBN |
0-7735-8982-1
0-7735-8981-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : the fifth line : a farm just like thousands of others -- Part one. The land and what happened to it. The land beyond memory : before 1500 -- Stone age meets iron--and smallpox : the 1500s and 1600s -- Wilding the land with war : the 1700s -- Manufacturing the land : the 1800s -- Part two. Voices of nature past. Taking the wildlife : 1500-1900 -- Clearing the wood : 1500-1900 -- Taming the unforested : prairies, alvars, barrens, cliffs, bogs, and fens -- The true north : three centuries on -- Part three. Nature's prospect. Invasives : the unintended consequences of the uninvited -- Growing cities, changing climates : the next conversion -- Restoration : a new native landscape -- Afterword : nature never repeats itself. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789301503321 |
Riley J. L (John L.) | ||
Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The once and future Great Lakes country : an ecological history / / John L. Riley |
Autore | Riley J. L (John L.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 304.2/09713 |
Collana |
McGill-Queen's Rural, Wildland, and Resource Studies
McGill-Queen's rural, wildland, and resource studies series |
Soggetto topico | Human ecology - Great Lakes Region (North America) - History |
ISBN |
0-7735-8982-1
0-7735-8981-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : the fifth line : a farm just like thousands of others -- Part one. The land and what happened to it. The land beyond memory : before 1500 -- Stone age meets iron--and smallpox : the 1500s and 1600s -- Wilding the land with war : the 1700s -- Manufacturing the land : the 1800s -- Part two. Voices of nature past. Taking the wildlife : 1500-1900 -- Clearing the wood : 1500-1900 -- Taming the unforested : prairies, alvars, barrens, cliffs, bogs, and fens -- The true north : three centuries on -- Part three. Nature's prospect. Invasives : the unintended consequences of the uninvited -- Growing cities, changing climates : the next conversion -- Restoration : a new native landscape -- Afterword : nature never repeats itself. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810791503321 |
Riley J. L (John L.) | ||
Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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