{"product_id":"9780888645463","title":"Civilizing the Wilderness: Culture and Nature in Pre-Confederation Canda and Rupert's Land","description":"In this collection of essays, A.A. den Otter explores the meaning of the concepts \"civilizing\" and \"wilderness\" within an 1850s Euro-British North American context. At the time, den Otter argues, these concepts meant something quite different than they do today. Through careful readings and researches of a variety of lesser known individuals and events, den Otter teases out the striking dichotomy between \"civilizing\" and \"wilderness,\" leading readers to a new understanding of the relationship between newcomers and Native peoples, and the very lands they inhabited. Historians and non-specialists with an interest in western Canadian native, settler, and environmental-economic history will be deeply rewarded by reading Civilizing the Wilderness.","brand":"University of Alberta Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009173897456,"sku":"9780888645463","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780888645463_p0.jpg?v=1763843083","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780888645463","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}