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Author:   Rod Giblett ,  Rod Giblett ,  Warwick Mules ,  Emily Potter
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9781783201761

ISBN 10:   1783201762
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   15 December 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Canadian wetlands culture: Past and present Chapter 2: Wetlands in anglophone pioneer settler literature and nature writing of the Canadian canon  Chapter 3: ‘In the Acadian land’ of Evangeline: The marshlands of Grand Pré, the wetlands of the Bay of Fundy and Longfellow’s literary legacy  Chapter 4: ‘The marsh lies rich and wanton’: The Tantramar Marshes, Charles G. D. Roberts and Douglas Lochhead  Chapter 5: ‘Noisome marsh’ and ‘incurable marshes’: Wainfleet Bog, Point Pelee Marshes and the falls on the Niagara Peninsula  Chapter 6: ‘A swampy flat’: Vancouver and the wetlands of the Fraser River delta  Chapter 7: A city ‘set in malarial lakeside swamps’: Toronto and Ashbridge’s Bay Marsh  Chapter 8: ‘Land and water disputed empire’: Holland Marsh, John Muir and Henry David Thoreau  Chapter 9: ‘Quaking morass’: The marshes of Manitoba, Frederick Philip Grove and Aldo Leopold  Chapter 10: ‘Smelling the Old Marsh, I knew I was home’: Harry Thurston’s marshes of Nova Scotia and the future of Canadian wetlands culture

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'Giblett’s analysis is invaluable to the conservation efforts of wetlanders in Canada and abroad.' -- Simon Greenland-Smith, Canadian Geographer

'Giblett's analysis is invaluable to the conservation efforts of wetlanders in Canada and abroad.' -- Simon Greenland-Smith, Canadian Geographer

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Rod Giblett is associate professor in the School of Communications and Arts at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia.

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