The Beaver Hills country : a history of land and life / Graham A. MacDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacDonald, Graham, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Strathcona (Edmonton, Alta.)--Biography.

Strathcona (Edmonton, Alta.).

Strathcona (Edmonton, Alta.)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 253 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton : AU Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book explores a relatively small but interesting and unusual region of Alberta between the North Saskatchewan and the Battle Rivers. The Beaver hills arose where mountain glaciers from the west met continental ice-sheets from the east to create a complex and diverse landscape. MacDonald relates how climate, water levels, wildlife, vegetation, and fire have shaped the possibilities and provided the challenges to the people who have called the region home.

Contents:

Introduction: on the name "Beaver Hills"

Chapter 1: the character of the Beaver Hills

Chapter 2: ancient ways between two rivers

Chapter 3: traders, horses, and bison, 1730–1870

Chapter 4: visions of the Promised Land, 1870–1905

Chapter 5: conservation, communities and egalitarianism, 1905–1930

Chapter 6: hard times and good times, 1930–1950

Chapter 7: postwar urbanism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612819650

9781282819658

1282819658

OCLC:

607571130