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This installment in the critically acclaimed and bestselling Kids Book of... series is a landmark event in Canadian publishing. The Kids Book of Canadian Geography, the only trade book of its kind, is an indispensable resource. Writer and illustrator Briony Penn takes a fresh approach by showing how Canada's landscape, life forms, ecosystems and climate yield clues to help youngsters understand the ever-changing story of geography. What does a huge rock in the middle of a plain tell us? What makes spruce trees adapted to the north? What does the star-nosed mole tell us about woodlands? These and many other clues are explained to help youngsters 'decode' and understand their environments.This book traces the continents' formation and explains how they arrived at their present state, touching on ancient landscapes, evolving climate, continent shaping and life on the land, including human settlement. Then, kids get a richly detailed and illustrated tour through the eight geographical regions of their country. ... Read more

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This volume analyzes the forces shaping the geography of the Canadian economy at the beginning of the twenty-first century.The main focus of the book is the reality of globalisation--the fact that there is now a dominant world-scale economic system within which countries, regions, and specific communities exist.It is divided into to three sections (Context, Sectors, and Regions) to provide comprehensive and accessible coverage. ... Read more

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More than 9,000 books, dissertations, and articles from 1850 to 1990 are listed in this comprehensive bibliography of the historical geography of North America.The entries are grouped by region and ordered by date of publication, creating an especially useful tool for tracing the development of research on any region, and suggesting avenues for future work.Entries are easily accessed through author, subject, and locality indexes, essays by Michael Conzen and Graeme Wynn survey the development of geographical writing in the United States and Canada. ... Read more

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This bibliography contains references to all known publications on the geographical studies of Canada, covering all types of geography. It is an essential resource for all researchers, students, teachers, and government officials needing information and references on the varied aspects of the environments and human geographies of Canada. ... Read more

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This text looks at the dual relationship of the Canadian north as both resource frontier and homeland of many Aboriginal groups. Since the last edition of this text, many changes have occurred, raising the possibility that both the frontier and homeland concepts can become a northern reality. These concepts are coherently presented throughout the book and brought to the fore in the concluding chapter. ... Read more

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Based upon the bestselling Third Edition, this new edition of Physical Geography introduces O.W. Archibold (University of Saskatchewan) as co-author, and features fully integrated Canadian content. The fourth edition of this highly regarded systems based text has been developed with the collaboration of instructors from across Canada in order to publish a text that better reflects the pedagogical needs of Canadian instructor and student alike. This text has been widely praised for its comprehensiveness of material, excellent writing style and pedagogy that helps the reader better understand the concepts of physical geography. The fourth edition builds upon this reputation to provide a text that is responsive to how physical geography is taught in Canada. Canadian examples are integrated throughout the text to help students learn from local examples to gain an understanding of global systems. This edition also features an expanded instructor resource package that will provide greater flexibility in course delivery and enhance the learning experience. ... Read more

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Good buy, encompasses much.
I found this text a good buy. It really gives the basics of atmospheric science as well as physical geography. Actually, I was able to use it for two different classes because of this reason so it saves me from having to purchase another text. These authors have been at this for a long time, they put out a good text. ... Read more

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A collection of essays by 23 prominent Canadian economic geographers, this text is a detailed study of the evolving economic and geographic patterns of Canadian development. It is published at the time of Canada's entry into NAFTA (North American Free Trade Association). The work's contributors explore four central themes: the locational impacts of the openness of the Canadian economy; Canada's relatively simple economic geography in terms of regional variations in resources and urban development; the problems of keeping pace with rapid advances in technology; and the role of the government in maintaining a national market and assisting economic development. The text outlines the essential elements of Canada's contemporary economic geography, highlights the origins and spatial imprint of change in the Canadian economy, and provides an assessment of Canada's participation in significant international patterns of economic change.It is concerned not only with the economic size and location of consumption and production but also with institutional changes and shifts in employment, the sectoral composition of economic activity, and the organizational structure and locational behaviour of particular industries and firms. Particular attention is given to the technological development of both established industries and new service and manufacturing activities. The text provides a geographic perspective on significant changes in jobs and types of work that result from the transformation of economic activities. ... Read more