Openings : a meditation on history, method, and Sumas Lake / Laura Cameron.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Cameron, Laura, 1966-

Contributor:

• UBC Academic Women's Association.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Lakes--British Columbia--Fraser River Valley--History--20th century.
• Drainage--British Columbia--Fraser River Valley--History--20th century.
• Reclamation of land--British Columbia--Fraser River Valley--History--20th century.
• Historiography--Philosophy.
• Oral history--Philosophy.
• Nature--Effect of human beings on--British Columbia--Fraser River Valley.
• Culture--Environmental aspects--British Columbia--Fraser River Valley.
• Fraser River Valley (B.C.)--Historical geography.
• Fraser River Valley (B.C.)--History.

Physical Description:

xv, 135 p. : ill., maps, ports., facsims. ; 21 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Vancouver] : University of British Columbia, Academic Women's Association ; London ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The "Opening" chapter reflects on the connection between historical and technological frontiers. "Listening for Pleasure" discusses oral histories as they relate to the negotiated and contested space of Sumas Lake. "Margins and Mosquitoes" recovers archival records from Victoria to Ottawa to explore flood-lake involvements federally, provincially, and locally. "Memory Device" moves into the archive of land and waterscapes, looking for connections between place and history, mindful of both Native oral tradition and written accounts of the lake. The concluding chapter, "One More Byte," written from the perspective of a mosquito, attempts to distance this project from the work of modernization while assessing the value of interactive history. An independent but complementary hypermedia essay "Disappearing a Lake" is located on this website (scroll up) at http://www.mqup.mcgill.ca/files/cameron_laura http://oldwww.mqup.mcgill.ca/files/cameron_laura/

Contents:

• Front Matter
• Contents
• Maps
• Illustrations
• Foreword
• Preface
• Opening
• Listening for Pleasure
• Margins and Mosquitoes
• Memory Device
• One More Byte
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

Notes:

• Originally presented as the author's thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1994.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-128) and index.

ISBN:

• 1-282-85475-5
• 9786612854750
• 0-7735-6685-6