{"product_id":"so-vast-and-various-9780773537385","title":"So Vast and Various","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Warkentin looks at the work of geographers from 1831 to 1977 through the regional descriptions of seven perceptive observers of Canada who provide very different but illuminating interpretations: Joseph Bouchette, a surveyor-general from Lower Canada; George Parkin, an educator and journalist from New Brunswick; J.D. Rogers, a British barrister and scholar; Harold Innis, the great economic historian; R.C. Wallace, a geologist with administrative experience in the North; Bruce Hutchison, a brilliant BC journalist with deep regional insights; and Thomas Berger, who presided over a Royal Commission on northern development in the 1970s. Warkentin''s introduction reveals how their descriptions and interpretations of Canada''s areas helped provide the perceptions that influence contemporary conceptions of the country - both its regions and as a whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" There is much to enjoy in this book, especially by reading again the seminal and justifiably praised insights of Innis, Hutchison and Berger. The readings will be profitably enjoyed by a newcomer to the country, and equally by the seasoned traveller. There is always pleasure in finding one' s own prejudices confirmed, and just one example would be Hutchison' s feelings about being so much at ease in Regina. Additionally, as a university ' reader' , the book will also be used by undergraduate and graduate students of historical geography.\" British Journal of Canadian Studies","brand":"McGill-Queen's University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884600078679,"sku":"9780773537385","price":25.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/so-vast-and-various-9780773537385","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}