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The Nature of Empires and the Empires of Nature: Indigenous Peoples and the Great Lakes Environment
Karl S. Hele (Ed.)
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Hardback. Explores the power of Nature and the attempts by Empires (United States, Canada, and Britain) to control it from Indigenous or Indigenous influenced perspectives. This title hopes to inspire ways of looking at the Great Lakes watershed and the people and empires contained within it. Editor(s): Hele, Karl S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
Drawing on themes from John MacKenzie's Empires of Nature and the Nature of Empires (1997), this book explores, from Indigenous or Indigenous-influenced perspectives, the power of nature and the attempts by empires (United States, Canada, and Britain) to control it. It also examines contemporary threats to First Nations communities from ongoing political, environmental, and social issues, and the efforts to confront and eliminate these threats to peoples and the environment. It becomes apparent that empire, despite its manifestations of power, cannot control or discipline humans and nature. Essays suggest new ways of looking at the Great Lakes watershed and the ... Read more
Drawing on themes from John MacKenzie's Empires of Nature and the Nature of Empires (1997), this book explores, from Indigenous or Indigenous-influenced perspectives, the power of nature and the attempts by empires (United States, Canada, and Britain) to control it. It also examines contemporary threats to First Nations communities from ongoing political, environmental, and social issues, and the efforts to confront and eliminate these threats to peoples and the environment. It becomes apparent that empire, despite its manifestations of power, cannot control or discipline humans and nature. Essays suggest new ways of looking at the Great Lakes watershed and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
652g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781554583287
SKU
V9781554583287
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Ref
99-15
About Karl S. Hele (Ed.)
Karl S. Hele , a member of the Garden River First Nation community of Anishinaabeg, is an associate professor and the director of First Peoples Studies at Concordia University. He is the editor of Lines Drawn upon the Water: First Nations and the Great Lakes Borders and Borderlands (WLU Press, 2008).
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