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Resettling the range : animals, ecologies, and human communities in British Columbia / John Thistle ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thistle, John, author.
- Wynn, Graeme, author of introduction, etc.
- Series:
- Nature, history, society.
- Nature, History, Society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Range ecology--British Columbia--History.
- Range ecology.
- Grassland ecology--British Columbia--History.
- Grassland ecology.
- Wild horses--Ecology--British Columbia--History.
- Wild horses.
- British Columbia--Environmental conditions.
- British Columbia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 218 pages) : illustrations, map
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver, British Columbia : UBC Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- The ranchers who resettled BC's interior in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries depended on grassland for their cattle, but in this they faced some unlikely competition from grasshoppers and wild horses. With the help of the government, settlers resolved to rid the range of both. Resettling the Range explores the ecology and history of the grassland and the people who lived there by looking closely at these eradication efforts. In the claims of "range improvement" and "rational land use," author John Thistle uncovers more complicated stories of marginalization: the destruction of wild horses worked to dispossess aboriginal people, while the campaign to exterminate grasshoppers exposed class conflicts and competing versions of resettlement among immigrant ranchers.This unconventional history examines the lasting effects of range improvement, revealing a fascinating - and troubling - chapter of BC history.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part 1: Wild Horses. Wrestling with Wild Horses
- The Biogeography of Dispossession
- Eradicating Wild Horses
- Part 2: Grasshoppers. Grappling with Grasshoppers
- Resisting Range Monopoly
- New Enemies, Enduring Difficulties
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 05, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-7748-2839-0
- OCLC:
- 907558341
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