Moving Natures by Ben Bradley
Moving Natures shows how mobility the movements of people, things and ideas, as well as their associated cultural meanings has been a key factor in shaping Canadians' perceptions of and interactions with their country. Approaching the burgeoning field of environmental history in Canada through the lens of mobility reveals some of the distinctive ways in which Canadians have come to terms with the country's climate and landscape.The collection spans Canada's diverse regions over a broad timespan, from the closing of the age of sail in the late nineteenth century to the contemporary era of Walmart and just-in-time delivery. Chapter topics range from the impact of seasonal climactic conditions on different transportation modes, to the environmental consequences of building mobility corridors and pathways, and the relationship between changing forms of mobility with tourism and other recreational activities. The contributors employ traditional archival sources as well as historical geographic information systems (HGIS), qualitative and quantitative analysis and critical theory.
This excellent collection should be seen as an initial step towards the refinement of mobility as a historical concept and a greater unpacking of mobility histories- Alan Gordan, The Journal of Transport History
Moving Natures is a welcome intervention in several fields that engage with Canadaâs size, including environmental history, mobility studies, science and technology studies, and Canadian social and cultural history. Here, dominant narratives of transportation networks as annihilators of Canadian distances are complicated and decentralized by prying open the black boxes of mobility studies and environmental history with the crowbars of the other... The result is a well-rounded set of twelve interdisciplinary stories that address both the impact of mobility networks on the environment as well as changing perceptions of the environment when viewed from different transportation platforms. - Blair Stein, Scientia Canadensis
Moving Natures presents an engaging and thought-provoking introduction to the potential of reimagining the interconnected roles of mobility and the environment in Canadian History - J.L. Weller, BC Studies
This collection puts older themes in a new light, works outside of a nationalist perspective, and offers close readings of cases to make larger observations... Many historical geographers and environmental historians will find a great deal of interest within these pages, and the basis for fruitful comparisons with other cases and places. - Matthew Evenden, Journal of Historical Geography
Moving Natures is a welcome intervention in several fields that engage with Canadaâs size, including environmental history, mobility studies, science and technology studies, and Canadian social and cultural history. Here, dominant narratives of transportation networks as annihilators of Canadian distances are complicated and decentralized by prying open the black boxes of mobility studies and environmental history with the crowbars of the other... The result is a well-rounded set of twelve interdisciplinary stories that address both the impact of mobility networks on the environment as well as changing perceptions of the environment when viewed from different transportation platforms. - Blair Stein, Scientia Canadensis
Moving Natures presents an engaging and thought-provoking introduction to the potential of reimagining the interconnected roles of mobility and the environment in Canadian History - J.L. Weller, BC Studies
This collection puts older themes in a new light, works outside of a nationalist perspective, and offers close readings of cases to make larger observations... Many historical geographers and environmental historians will find a great deal of interest within these pages, and the basis for fruitful comparisons with other cases and places. - Matthew Evenden, Journal of Historical Geography
Daniel Macfarlane is an assistant professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at Western Michigan University. JAY YOUNG is outreach officer at the Archives of Ontario and a founding editor of ActiveHistory.ca. He completed his doctorate at York University in 2012 followed bya SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship in history at McMaster University. BEN BRADLEY is a Grant Notley Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta. His research examines the linkages between mobility, landscape, and mass culture in twentieth-century Canada. J.I. Little is a professor of history at Simon Fraser University. He has published four previous books and thirty journal articles on the history of the Eastern Townships during the nineteenth century. JAY YOUNG is outreach officer at the Archives of Ontario and a founding editor of ActiveHistory.ca. He completed his doctorate at York University in 2012 followed bya SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship in history at McMaster University. Colin M. Coates est professeur d'Ãtudes canadiennes au Collège universitaire Glendon, Université York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781552388594 |
| ISBN 10 | 155238859X |
| Title | Moving Natures |
| Author | Ben Bradley |
| Series | Canadian History And Environment |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Calgary Press |
| Year published | 2016-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | Winner of Heritage Toronto Historical Writing: Short Publications Award for the chapter "Soils and Subways: Ex 2017 |
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