Border Flows: A Century of the Canadian-American Water Relationship Contributor(s): Heasley, Lynne (Editor), MacFarlane, Daniel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1552388956 ISBN-13: 9781552388952 Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2016 |
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BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - History | Canada - Pre-confederation (to 1867) - Political Science | Political Economy |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.21 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
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Publisher Description: Declining access to fresh water is one of the twenty-first century's most pressing environmental and human rights challenges, yet the struggle for water is not a new cause. The 8,800-kilometer border dividing Canada and the United States contains more than 20 percent of the world's total freshwater resources, and Border Flows traces the century-long effort by Canada and the United States to manage and care for their ecologically and economically shared rivers and lakes. Ranging across the continent, from the Great Lakes to the Northwest Passage to the Salish Sea, the histories in Border Flows offer critical insights into the historical struggle to care for these vital waters. From multiple perspectives, the book reveals alternative paradigms in water history, law, and policy at scales from the local to the transnational. Students, concerned citizens, and policymakers alike will benefit from the lessons to be found along this critical international border. |
Contributor Bio(s): MacFarlane, Daniel: - 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.Heasley, Lynne: - Lynne Heasley is an Associate Professor with the Department of History and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at Western Michigan University. Her research examines the intersections and complex problems of ecology, economics, and culture in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence basin. She is the author of A Thousand Pieces of Paradise: Landscape and Property in the Kickapoo Valley. |
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