Wildlife, Land, and People A Century of Change in Prairie Canada【電子書籍】[ Donald Wetherell ]

＜p＞Encounters with wild animals are among the most significant relationships between humans and the natural world. Presenting a history of human interactions with wildlife in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan between 1870 and 1960, ＜em＞Wildlife, Land, and People＜/em＞ examines the confrontations that led to diverse consequences - from the near annihilation of some species to the extraordinary preservation of others - and skilfully finds the roots of these relationships in people’s needs for food, sport, security, economic development, personal fulfillment, and identity.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Donald Wetherell shows how utilitarian practices, in which humans viewed animals either as friendly sources of profit or as threats to their economic and personal security, dominated until the 1960s. Alongside these views, however, other attitudes asserted that wild animals were part of the beauty, mystery, and order of the natural world. Wetherell outlines the ways in which this attitude gained strength after W．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る