Historical GIS Research in Canada
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2014
- Category
- General, Environmental Science, Geography, Historical Geography
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552387085
- Publish Date
- Jan 2014
- List Price
- $39.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552387504
- Publish Date
- Jan 2014
- List Price
- $39.95
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Description
Fundamentally concerned with place, and our ability to understand human relationships with environment over time, Historical Geographic Information Systems (HGIS) as a tool and a subject has direct bearing for the study of contemporary environmental issues and realities. To date, HGIS projects in Canada are few and publications that discuss these projects directly even fewer. This book brings together case studies of HGIS projects in historical geography, social and cultural history, and environmental history from Canada's diverse regions. Projects include religion and ethnicity, migration, indigenous land practices, rebuilding a nineteenth-century neighborhood, and working with Google Earth.
About the authors
Jennifer Bonnell is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Guelph.
Jennifer Bonnell's profile page
Marcel Fortin is the Map and GIS Librarian at the University of Toronto's Map and Data Library. He is also a sessional lecturer in both the Geography Department and the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto.
Stephen Bocking teaches in Environmental and Resource Studies program at Trent University. He has written numerous academic articles; his book, Ecologists and Environmental Politics: A History of Contemporary Ecology, was published by Yale University Press in 1997.
Stephen Bocking's profile page
Joanna Dean is associate professor of History at Carleton University, where she teaches animal history and environmental history.
Francois Dufaux's profile page
Patrick A. Dunae's profile page
Jason Gilliland's profile page
William M. Glen's profile page
Matthew G. Hatvany's profile page
Sally Hermansen's profile page
Joshua D. MacFadyen's profile page
Daniel Macfarlane is an Assistant Professor with the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at Western Michigan University. His research examines Canada-US border waters and he is the author of Negotiating a River, Canada, the US and the Creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Daniel Macfarlane's profile page
Jennifer Marvin's profile page
Cameron Metcalf's profile page
Byron Moldofsky's profile page
Sherry Olson is a professor emerita in the Department of Geography at McGill University.Patricia Thornton is a professor in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment at Concordia University.
R.W. Sandwell is associate professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, and author of Contesting Rural Space: Land Policy and Practices of Resettlement on Saltspring Island, 1859–1891.
Henry Yu is a professor in the Department of History and the principal of St. John’s College at the University of British Columbia.
Editorial Reviews
The book succeeds brilliantly in its aims. The production is of the highest quality, with a clear layout of text and illustrations, an unambiguous editing, and the superb quality of the many coloured maps and diagrams.
—Ken Atkinson, British Journal of Canadian Studies
A wonderful collection of thirteen essays . . . A confident assertion of promise realized.
—Deryck Holdsworth, BC Studies
Historical GIS Research in Canada offers an approachable yet expansive introduction to HGIS and the ways in which it is being used in Canadian historiography.
—Jessica DeWitt, Network in Canadian History & Environment
The editors of Historical GIS Research in Canada do a masterful job of highlighting the obstacles of HGIS while offering perspective of the state of the science . . . I look forward to future publications by these editors to see more of what HGIS has to offer and what answers it can provide.
Christine Delbridge, MIRCS Review
Significantly raises the bar . . . The contributors to this volume have made a stunning case for the use of spatial history to better understand the interactions between people and place in Canada’s past.
—Ken Sylvester, The Canadian Historical Review
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