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BC Studies no. 142-143 Summer-Autumn 2004

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BC Studies no. 142-143 Summer-Autumn 2004

On the Environment

Guest edited by Graeme Wynn, a geographer from the University of British Columbia and a leading figure in the field of environmental studies in Canada, this interdisciplinary issue includes essays on the origins of Greenpeace (Frank Zelko); the social response to modernity among people dislocated by the damming of the Arrow Lakes (Tina Loo); response to the depletion of the halibut fishery (John Thistle); water pollution and environmental politics in the city of Vancouver (Arn Keeling); the bird con-servation movement in British Columbia (Jeremy Wilson); and a photo-essay that explores attitudes toward development and nature in interwar BC through the photographs of J.W. Clark (James Murton). An introductory essay by Graeme Wynn reflects on the burgeoning field of environmental studies and the importance of British Columbia as a site for exploring large questions about the environment within the context of a particular region.

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In This Issue

The Front

"Shall we linger along ambitionless?" Environmental Perspectives on British Columbia

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article

For the Birds?: Neoliberalism and the Protection of Biodiversity in British Columbia

By Jeremy Wilson

birds
conservation
environment
environment
public policy
 

BC Studies no. 142-143 Summer-Autumn 2004  | p. 241-277

article

Death of a CommunityOJS Link Icon

By Linda Kendall

Arrow Lakes
hydroelectric power
hydroelectric power
hydroelectric power
poetry
 

BC Studies no. 142-143 Summer-Autumn 2004  | p. 153-155

photo essay

What J.W. Clark Saw in British Columbia, or, Nature and the MachineOJS Link Icon

By James Murton

hydroelectric power
hydroelectric power
hydroelectric power
natural resources
photography
 

BC Studies no. 142-143 Summer-Autumn 2004  | p. 129-152

Photo Gallery for What J.W. Clark Saw in British Columbia, or, Nature and the Machine
Review

Fire: A Brief History

By Carla Burton

 

BC Studies no. 142-143 Summer-Autumn 2004  | p. 304-8

Review

Greenpeace

By Michael M'Gonigle

 

BC Studies no. 142-143 Summer-Autumn 2004  | p. 301-3

Review

Plants of Haida Gwaii

By Douglas Deur

 

BC Studies no. 142-143 Summer-Autumn 2004  | p. 299-301

Contributors

Arn Keeling is a SSHRCC postdoctoral fellow at the University of Saskatchewan. He completed his PhD in geography at the University of British Columbia. He studies B.C. and Western Canadian environmental history and historical geography.

Jeremy Wilson is a professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Victoria. His research and teaching interests include environmental policy and politics, and the Canadian policy-making process. Recent publications have appeared in the Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, and Canadian-American Public Policy.

John Thistle is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia.

Frank Zelko completed his Ph.D. in environmental history at the University of Kansas in 2003. He is currently a research fellow in environmental history at the German Historical Institute in Washington DC and a lecturer in U.S. history at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is completing a book about the history of Greenpeace, based on his doctoral dissertation, which will be published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2005.

James Murton is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Geography at UBC. His article in this issue is drawn from his Ph.D. dissertation, which he is currently preparing for publication.

Tina Loo is a Canada Research Chair in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia, where she teaches environmental history. She is currently completing a manuscript dealing with wildlife conservation in twentieth century Canada and researching the social and environmental impact of hydroelectric dams as well as other high modernist projects.

Tracy Summerville is an assistant professor in Political Science at the University of Northern British Columbia. Heather Myers is an associate professor in International Studies and Coordinator of Northern Studies at UNBC at the University of Northern British Columbia.