ISBN10: 0773525904, ISBN13: 9780773525900, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal] Hardcover Hardcover. When "Canada's Changing North" was first published in 1971, it quickly became a popular and reliable overview of the geography and culture of the Canadian North. In the three decades since it first appeared, great changes have occurred in this huge region that makes up two thirds of Canada's total area. This revised and expanded edition provides a new generation with a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the Canadian North and outlines how this region has become increasingly integrated into both the Canadian national fabric and the world. Among the many recent developments explored in "Canada's Changing North" is the legal recognition of aboriginal rights by the Canadian state, which has led directly to significant increases in their political and economic power. It also examines how economic development, which has long focused on non-renewable natural resources, particularly minerals, has grown to an enormous scale. Development of arctic oil and gas, which hinges on world supplies and national and international politics, has meant major changes across the North. Some of the new national parks in the Canadian North are already under threat from mineral development.Northern tourism has made it possible for a wide variety of affluent visitors to visit hitherto remote areas, affecting the ecology. The ...

ISBN10: 0773525904, ISBN13: 9780773525900, [publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]

Hardback. New. An overview of the physical and cultural nature of the Canadian North and the great changes that have occurred in recent decades. ISBN 0773525904 9780773525900 [GB]

McGill-Queen's University Press 2003 Revised ed. Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 472 p. Contains: Illustrations.

ISBN10: 0773525904, ISBN13: 9780773525900, [publisher: Queen's School of Policy Studies] Hardcover
[Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
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