Civilizing the wilderness : culture and nature in pre-confederation Canada and Rupert's Land / A. A. den Otter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Otter, A. A. den

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Northwest, Canadian--History--19th century.

Northwest, Canadian.

Northwest, Canadian--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (438 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : The University of Alberta Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this collection of essays, A.A. den Otter explores the meaning of the concepts "civilizing" and "wilderness" within an 1850s Euro-British North American context. At the time, den Otter argues, these concepts meant something quite different than they do today. Through careful readings and researches of a variety of lesser known individuals and events, den Otter teases out the striking dichotomy between "civilizing" and "wilderness," leading readers to a new understanding of the relationship between newcomers and Native peoples, and the very lands they inhabited. Historians and non-specialists with an interest in western Canadian native, settler, and environmental-economic history will be deeply rewarded by reading Civilizing the Wilderness.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 British North Americans Against the Wilderness

2 William Mason and Robert Rundle

3 The Education of Henry Steinhauer and Henry Budd

4 Bishop Anderson, Civilization, and Wilderness

5 The Sayer Trial

6 Governor George Simpsons Civilizing Mission

7 The 1857 Parliamentary Select Committee

8 Peter Jones: Civilize or be Civilized

9 Historians and the Red River Metis

Conclusion

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780888646767

0888646763

OCLC:

867114953