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Canada and the idea of north [[electronic resource] /] / Sherrill E. Grace
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
Grace Sherrill <1944->  
Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001
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Canada and the idea of north [[electronic resource] /] / Sherrill E. Grace
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->  
Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001
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Canada and the idea of north [[electronic resource] /] / Sherrill E. Grace
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->  
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
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.  
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
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.  
Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2003]
Materiale a stampa
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Canada's changing North [[electronic resource] /] / edited and with and introduction by William C. Wonders
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
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.  
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
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.  
London : , : T & A.D. Poyser, , 2010
Materiale a stampa
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Great Auk Islands : a field biologist in the Arctic / / by Tim Birkhead ; illustrated by David Quinn
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.  
London : , : T & A.D. Poyser, , 2010
Materiale a stampa
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Inuit shamanism and Christianity [[electronic resource] ] : transitions and transformations in the twentieth century / / Frédéric B. Laugrand and Jarich G. Oosten
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  
Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010
Materiale a stampa
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