Canada a Nation of Regions

2. Revised Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-542990-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 211 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 862 g

Canada: A Nation of Regions, second edition, is a comprehensive survey of the regional geography of Canada. Explaining the physical and human processes that have shaped and continue to transform this country, Brett McGillivray tells the stories of the interactions between Canada's peoples and landscapes. Divided into three parts, which examine Canada globally, regionally, and finally as a country, Canada: A Nation of Regions features an interdisciplinary approach, incorporating geography, anthropology, archaeology, history, economics, sociology, and political studies into one engaging and enlightening text.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McGillivray, Brett

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Politische Geographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part I: Viewing Canada, Past and Present

- 1: Canada in Geographic Perspective

- 2: Canada's Physical Characteristics

- 3: Conflict and Conquest: The Historic Shaping of the Canadian Landscape

- 4: Canada within the World Economy

- Part II: Canada from a Regional Perspective

- 5: Quebec: Maintaining a Distinct Society

- 6: Ontario: The Dominant Half of the Core

- 7: The Maritimes: Settlements on the Eastern Periphery

- 8: Newfoundland and Labrador: Resource Dependency

- 9: The Prairie Provinces

- 10: British Columbia: Canada's New Front Door

- 11: The North: Resource Frontier and Native Land

- Part III: Canadian Issues from a Geographic Perspective

- 12: A Nation of Regions

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Brett McGillivray, now retired, was head of the Department of Geography at Capilano College.