Wildlife, Conservation, and Conflict in Quebec, 1840-1914
Darcy Ingram
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Hardback. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; RNK; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Despite the popular assumption that wildlife conservation is a recent phenomenon, it emerged over a century and a half ago in an era more closely associated with wildlife depletion than preservation. In Wildlife, Conservation, and Conflict in Quebec, Darcy Ingram explores the combination of NGOs, fish and game clubs, and state-administered leases that formed the basis of a unique system of wildlife conservation in North America. However, these early strategies were not as forward-focused as they appear. Ingram traces the emergence of a lease-based regulatory system that blended elite forms of sport and conservation. Applied first to British North America’s ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
Series
Nature, History, Society
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774821407
SKU
V9780774821407
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About Darcy Ingram
Darcy Ingram is an environmental historian at the University of Ottawa.
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