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Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil
Carbon Democracy historicizes “the forms of democratic politics that carbon made possible” (233). Timothy Mitchell’s goal is nothing short of destabilizing two central intellectual and material pillars of modern western life: the sacrosanct institution of...
BC Studies no. 183 Autumn 2014 | Page(s) 182-83
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The Gold Will Speak For Itself: Peter Leech and Leechtown
Vancouver Island has a distinctive personality among the regions of British Columbia, one that has been shaped in complex ways by geography and history. The books reviewed here vary in their candlepower, but all of...
BC Studies no. 189 Spring 2016 | Page(s) 160-164
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Protest and Politics: The Promise of Social Movement Societies
Over the last ten years, Canada has seen recurring waves of protest including Occupy, Idle No More, and Black Lives Matter, among others. This collection provides an account of the role of protest in contemporary...
BC Studies no. 196 Winter 2017-2018 | Page(s) 165-166
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A Stain upon the Sea: West Coast Salmon Farming
This collection explores many of the controversial issues surrounding fish farming practices in British Columbia. In five separate essays, the authors illustrate the importance of the precautionary principle in experimenting with new chemicals and processes...
BC Studies no. 146 Summer 2005 | Page(s) 121-3
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Nature and Human Societies: Canada and Arctic North America: An Environmental History
In the three decades since environmental history burst onto the academic scene in the United States in the early 1970s, the field experienced impressive growth among American scholars and internationally in arenas such as South...
BC Studies no. 155 Autumn 2007 | Page(s) 141-4
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The Answer is Still No: Voices of Pipeline Resistance
The Answer is Still No is a disparate collection of voices united in opposition to Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipelines: First Nations activists and hereditary chiefs, members of the environmental movement establishment and those self-consciously on...
BC Studies no. 189 Spring 2016 | Page(s) 187-88
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Unbuilt Environments: Tracing Postwar Development in Northwest British Columbia
In 1921 the Prince George Citizen reminded its readership that “central B.C. is not a new country” (Prince George Citizen 1921). Defining “central B.C.” as those parts of the province situated between the 52nd and...
BC Studies no. 198 Summer 2018 | Page(s) 193-4
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Empowering Electricity: Co-operatives, Sustainability, and Power Sector Reform in Canada
Empowering Electricity is a detailed examination of the political and social economy of electricity co-operatives and power sector reform in Canada. The co-operative movement is commonly, and rightfully, viewed as a model of grassroots organization...
BC Studies no. 194 Summer 2017 | Page(s) 226-227
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The Economic Constitution of Federal States
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 42, Summer 1979
BC Studies no. 42 Summer 1979 | Page(s) 67-9
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Raw Materials and Pacific Economic Integration
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 46, Summer 1980
BC Studies no. 46 Summer 1980 | Page(s) 96-9
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The Economic Impact of the Public Sector Upon the Indians of British Columbia
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 19, Autumn 1973
BC Studies no. 19 Autumn 1973 | Page(s) 122-9
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Exploiting our Economic Potential
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 4, Spring 1970
BC Studies no. 4 Spring 1970 | Page(s) 53-4
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The Practical Application of Economic Incentives to the Control of Pollution: The Case of British Columbia
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 36, Winter 1977
BC Studies no. 36 Winter 1977-1978 | Page(s) 53-6
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The Politics of Canadian- Japanese Economic Relations 1952-1983
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 66, Summer 1985
BC Studies no. 66 Summer 1985 | Page(s) 69-70
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Domestic Goods: The Material, the Moral, and the Economic in the Postwar Years
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 129, Spring 2001
BC Studies no. 129 Spring 2001 | Page(s) 103-5
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Restraining the Economy: Social Credit Economic Policies for B.C. in the Eighties
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 78, Summer 1998
BC Studies no. 78 Summer 1988 | Page(s) 91-5
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Cleaner Greener Smarter: A Prescription for Stronger Canadian Environmental Laws and Policies
The World Health Organization released an update to the Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database on 12 May 2016, finding that more than 80 percent of people who live in major cities around the world...
BC Studies no. 193 Spring 2017 | Page(s) 201-203
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Islands’ Spirit Rising: Reclaiming the Forests of Haida Gwaii
In Islands’ Spirit Rising: Reclaiming the Forests of Haida Gwaii, Louise Takeda challenges the dominant epistemological perspective on the politics of BC resource management in order to “[further] political and social justice” and “give back”...
BC Studies no. 188 Winter 2015-2016 | Page(s) 150-51
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States of Nature: Conserving Canada’s Wildlife in the Twentieth Century
The publication of Tina Loo’s States of Nature: Conserving Canada’s Wildlife in the Twentieth Century marks the coming of age of the field of Canadian environmental history. In some respects, this statement may seem over...
BC Studies no. 154 Summer 2007 | Page(s) 131-4
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Oregon’s Promise: An Interpretive History
WHY SHOULD BC Studies review a history of the State of Oregon, situated in another country and some 300 kilometres to the south? For many reasons. Our province and Oregon lie in a single economic-environmental...
BC Studies no. 145 Spring 2005 | Page(s) 122-4
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Health and Aging in British Columbia: Vulnerability and Resilience
Health and Aging in British Columbia: Vulnerability and Resilience, edited by Denise Cloutier-Fisher, Leslie T. Foster and David Hultsch, is a collection of 17 chapters on health and aging in British Columbia prepared by 30...
BC Studies no. 173 Spring 2012 | Page(s) 163-64
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The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Development of Western Canada 1896-1914
PDF – Book Reviews, BC Studies 85, Spring 1990