Canada and the idea of north [[electronic resource] /] / Sherrill E. Grace |
Autore | Grace Sherrill <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
Disciplina | 971 |
Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, Canadian
Canada (Nord) dans la littérature Canada (Nord) dans l'art Canadiens |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-85954-4
9786612859540 0-7735-6953-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450118303321 |
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Canada and the idea of north [[electronic resource] /] / Sherrill E. Grace |
Autore | Grace Sherrill <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 pages) |
Disciplina | 971 |
Soggetto topico | National characteristics, Canadian |
ISBN |
1-282-85954-4
9786612859540 0-7735-6953-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Colour Plates, Illustrations, and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introducing North -- Prologue -- Writing the North -- Representing North -- Constructing a Northern Nation -- Articulating North -- Visualizing North -- Performing North -- Narrating a Northern Nation -- Fictions of North -- The North Writes Back -- Writing, Re-Writing, and Writing Back -- Epilogue -- Notes -- An Interdisciplinary Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783793703321 |
Grace Sherrill <1944->
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Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 | ||
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Canada and the idea of north [[electronic resource] /] / Sherrill E. Grace |
Autore | Grace Sherrill <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 pages) |
Disciplina | 971 |
Soggetto topico | National characteristics, Canadian |
ISBN |
1-282-85954-4
9786612859540 0-7735-6953-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Colour Plates, Illustrations, and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introducing North -- Prologue -- Writing the North -- Representing North -- Constructing a Northern Nation -- Articulating North -- Visualizing North -- Performing North -- Narrating a Northern Nation -- Fictions of North -- The North Writes Back -- Writing, Re-Writing, and Writing Back -- Epilogue -- Notes -- An Interdisciplinary Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814819503321 |
Grace Sherrill <1944->
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Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 | ||
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Canada's changing North [[electronic resource] /] / edited and with and introduction by William C. Wonders |
Autore | Wonders William C. |
Edizione | [Rev. ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2003] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (470 p.) |
Disciplina | 971.9/04 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WondersWilliam C. <1924-> |
Collana | Carleton library |
Soggetto topico | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography |
ISBN |
1-282-86136-0
9786612861369 0-7735-7132-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Defining the North -- A Circumpolar Index -- The Arctic Basin and the Arctic: Some Definitions -- Historical Perspectives -- The Identification of Vinland -- Early Geographical Concepts of the Northwest Passage -- Voyageurs’ Highway: The Geography and Logistics of the Canadian Fur Trade -- Fur Trading Posts in the Mackenzie Region up to 1850 -- The Sponsors of Canadian Arctic Exploration: 1844-1859 -- Albert Peter Low -- Discovery of Two Islands in Eastern Foxe Basin -- Success of the Plaisted Expedition -- The North in Canadian History -- Physical Nature -- How the Mackenzie River was Made -- Arctic Landforms -- Fluvial Processes in the High Arctic -- Climate and Zonal Divisions of the Boreal Forest Formation in Eastern Canada -- Organic Terrain and Geomorphology -- Permafrost Map of Canada -- Wind Chill in Northern Canada -- The Ecology of Snow -- Migrating Caribou: Barren-Ground Herds Face a Serious Threat to Survival -- Native Peoples -- The Fragments of Eskimo Prehistory -- Changing Patterns of Indian Trapping in the Canadian Subarctic -- Changing Settlement Patterns Amongst the Mackenzie Eskimos of the Canadian North Western Arctic -- Economic Resources -- About Our Untold Resources -- The Montferré Mining Region Labrador-Ungava -- Oil’s Last Frontier -- Arctic Petroleum Potential -- The Forests of Northern Canada -- Reindeer Resource in the Mackenzie Delta–1968 -- Remarks on Eskimo Sealing and the Harp Seal Controversy -- Transportation and Communications -- Transportation as a Factor in Northern Development -- Transportation and the Settlement Frontier in the Mackenzie Valley Area -- Communications in the North -- Regionalism and Northern Settlements -- An Attempt to Regionalize the Canadian North -- “Regions” and Identity in the North: Some Notes -- Settlement Types and Community Organization in Northern Canada -- The Northern Urban Scene -- Problems of the North -- Bewildered Hunters in the 20th Century -- The Polar Continental Shelf Project -- Boundary Problems Relating to the Sovereignty of the Canadian Arctic -- Canada’s Northern Policy: Retrospect and Prospect -- The Ecology of the North: Knowledge is the Key to Sane Development -- The Contributors -- Note on the Editor -- The Carleton Library |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782078203321 |
Wonders William C.
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Canada's changing North [[electronic resource] /] / edited and with and introduction by William C. Wonders |
Autore | Wonders William C. |
Edizione | [Rev. ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2003] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (470 p.) |
Disciplina | 971.9/04 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WondersWilliam C. <1924-> |
Collana | Carleton library |
Soggetto topico | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography |
ISBN |
1-282-86136-0
9786612861369 0-7735-7132-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Defining the North -- A Circumpolar Index -- The Arctic Basin and the Arctic: Some Definitions -- Historical Perspectives -- The Identification of Vinland -- Early Geographical Concepts of the Northwest Passage -- Voyageurs’ Highway: The Geography and Logistics of the Canadian Fur Trade -- Fur Trading Posts in the Mackenzie Region up to 1850 -- The Sponsors of Canadian Arctic Exploration: 1844-1859 -- Albert Peter Low -- Discovery of Two Islands in Eastern Foxe Basin -- Success of the Plaisted Expedition -- The North in Canadian History -- Physical Nature -- How the Mackenzie River was Made -- Arctic Landforms -- Fluvial Processes in the High Arctic -- Climate and Zonal Divisions of the Boreal Forest Formation in Eastern Canada -- Organic Terrain and Geomorphology -- Permafrost Map of Canada -- Wind Chill in Northern Canada -- The Ecology of Snow -- Migrating Caribou: Barren-Ground Herds Face a Serious Threat to Survival -- Native Peoples -- The Fragments of Eskimo Prehistory -- Changing Patterns of Indian Trapping in the Canadian Subarctic -- Changing Settlement Patterns Amongst the Mackenzie Eskimos of the Canadian North Western Arctic -- Economic Resources -- About Our Untold Resources -- The Montferré Mining Region Labrador-Ungava -- Oil’s Last Frontier -- Arctic Petroleum Potential -- The Forests of Northern Canada -- Reindeer Resource in the Mackenzie Delta–1968 -- Remarks on Eskimo Sealing and the Harp Seal Controversy -- Transportation and Communications -- Transportation as a Factor in Northern Development -- Transportation and the Settlement Frontier in the Mackenzie Valley Area -- Communications in the North -- Regionalism and Northern Settlements -- An Attempt to Regionalize the Canadian North -- “Regions” and Identity in the North: Some Notes -- Settlement Types and Community Organization in Northern Canada -- The Northern Urban Scene -- Problems of the North -- Bewildered Hunters in the 20th Century -- The Polar Continental Shelf Project -- Boundary Problems Relating to the Sovereignty of the Canadian Arctic -- Canada’s Northern Policy: Retrospect and Prospect -- The Ecology of the North: Knowledge is the Key to Sane Development -- The Contributors -- Note on the Editor -- The Carleton Library |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821629003321 |
Wonders William C.
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Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2003] | ||
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Canada's changing North [[electronic resource] /] / edited and with and introduction by William C. Wonders |
Edizione | [Rev. ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2003] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (470 p.) |
Disciplina | 971.9/04 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WondersWilliam C. <1924-> |
Collana | Carleton library |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-86136-0
9786612861369 0-7735-7132-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453982003321 |
Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2003] | ||
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Great Auk Islands : a field biologist in the Arctic / / by Tim Birkhead ; illustrated by David Quinn |
Autore | Birkhead T. R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : T & A.D. Poyser, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.0998 |
Collana | Poyser monographs |
Soggetto topico |
Auks
Birds Great auk Sea birds |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4725-9711-7
1-4081-3785-2 1-282-98652-X 9786612986529 1-4081-3784-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Horizon opening; Chapter 2 Margins of the universe; Chapter 3 Nameless days; Chapter 4 The lives of Great Auks; Chapter 5 Labrador; Chapter 6 Skouts, SkuttOcks and Strangers; Chapter 7 Between species in Labrador; Chapter 8 The fertile sea; Chapter 9 Changes; Appendix 1: List of common and systematic names; Appendix 2: Notes on the local seabird names used in Labrador; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464914503321 |
Birkhead T. R.
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Great Auk Islands : a field biologist in the Arctic / / by Tim Birkhead ; illustrated by David Quinn |
Autore | Birkhead T. R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : T & A.D. Poyser, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.0998 |
Collana | Poyser monographs |
Soggetto topico |
Auks
Birds Great auk Sea birds |
ISBN |
1-4725-9711-7
1-4081-3785-2 1-282-98652-X 9786612986529 1-4081-3784-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Horizon opening; Chapter 2 Margins of the universe; Chapter 3 Nameless days; Chapter 4 The lives of Great Auks; Chapter 5 Labrador; Chapter 6 Skouts, SkuttOcks and Strangers; Chapter 7 Between species in Labrador; Chapter 8 The fertile sea; Chapter 9 Changes; Appendix 1: List of common and systematic names; Appendix 2: Notes on the local seabird names used in Labrador; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788985603321 |
Birkhead T. R.
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London : , : T & A.D. Poyser, , 2010 | ||
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Great Auk Islands : a field biologist in the Arctic / / by Tim Birkhead ; illustrated by David Quinn |
Autore | Birkhead T. R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : T & A.D. Poyser, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.0998 |
Collana | Poyser monographs |
Soggetto topico |
Auks
Birds Great auk Sea birds |
ISBN |
1-4725-9711-7
1-4081-3785-2 1-282-98652-X 9786612986529 1-4081-3784-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Horizon opening; Chapter 2 Margins of the universe; Chapter 3 Nameless days; Chapter 4 The lives of Great Auks; Chapter 5 Labrador; Chapter 6 Skouts, SkuttOcks and Strangers; Chapter 7 Between species in Labrador; Chapter 8 The fertile sea; Chapter 9 Changes; Appendix 1: List of common and systematic names; Appendix 2: Notes on the local seabird names used in Labrador; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825604603321 |
Birkhead T. R.
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Inuit shamanism and Christianity [[electronic resource] ] : transitions and transformations in the twentieth century / / Frédéric B. Laugrand and Jarich G. Oosten |
Autore | Laugrand Frédéric |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | xx, 467 p. : ill., map |
Disciplina | 299.7/812 |
Altri autori (Persone) | OostenJ. G. <1945-> |
Collana | McGill-Queen's native and northern series |
Soggetto topico |
Christianity - Canada, Northern - History - 20th century
Inuit mythology Inuit - Missions Inuit - Religion Inuit - Social life and customs Shamanism - Canada, Northern - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-282-86681-8
9786612866814 0-7735-7636-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Pt. 1. Angakkuuniq and Christianity. Continuity and decline -- Missionaries and Angakkuit -- Inuit winter feasts --
Pt. 2. Animals, owners, and non-human beings. Hunters and prey -- The owners of the sky, the land, and the sea -- Inuunngittut, non-human beings from the land and the sea -- Pt. 3. Encounters, healing, and power. Initiation, visions, and dreams -- Healing as a socio-cosmic process -- Powerful objects and words -- Pt. 4. Connecting to ancestors and land. Connecting to ancestors : Qilaniq and Qilauti, head lifting and drum dancing -- Reconnecting people and healing the land : Inuit Pentecostal and evangelical movements -- Transitions and transformations -- Appendix 1. Glossary of Inuktitut words -- Appendix 2. Inuit elders. |
Altri titoli varianti | Transitions and transformations in the twentieth century |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789862703321 |
Laugrand Frédéric
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Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010 | ||
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