Climber's Paradise: Making Canada's Mountain Parks, 1906-1974: Mountain Cairns: A series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Autor PearlAnn Reichweinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iul 2014
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780888646743
ISBN-10: 0888646747
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: illus
Dimensiuni: 190 x 254 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: University of Alberta Press
Colecția University of Alberta Press (CA)
Seria Mountain Cairns: A series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
ISBN-10: 0888646747
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: illus
Dimensiuni: 190 x 254 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: University of Alberta Press
Colecția University of Alberta Press (CA)
Seria Mountain Cairns: A series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
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Recenzii
Canadas national parks have a complex history in which sport-oriented nature tourism is a key element. PearlAnn Reichwein. Climbers Paradise provides a detailed account of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) and its entwined relationship with Canadas mountain parks. This history focuses on western Canada and a western Canadian sport heritage. It is a valuable addition to social, environmental, and sport historiographies..." Elizabeth L. Jewett, University of Toronto Quarterly, Summer 2016
"As PearlAnn Reichwein shows, Wheelers ACC was instrumental in creating and promoting the Rockies as a climbers paradise. In doing so, it worked both with and against the federal governments Parks branch over the course of the twentieth century, pushing for conservation and preferred access as well as negotiating the changing landscape of outdoor recreation. Inspired by the British Alpine Club, the ACC can be thought of as an ethnic institution, one that sought to encourage an appreciation for the mountains and the promotion of mountain recreation as well as scientific exploration. It also acted as a political lobby group..." Tina Loo and Meg Stanley, The Canadian Historical Review, June 2016
"This is a remarkable story. It's about how a small group of urban, middle-class, Anglo Canadians, working through the Alpine Club of Canada, sought to assert their narratives of alpinism, the environment, nation, and interpersonal relations on Canada's western Canadian mountain parks, and the conditions they faced, the institutions they created, the political victories they achieved, and the struggles and setbacks they encountered. Professor Reichwein tells it brilliantly, bringing both a climbers' love of the mountains and a social historian's critical distance and research to her subject. Her analysis is illuminated with mini-biographies of the key players, grounded in their speeches and personal correspondence resourcefully dug out of archival collections, and an extensive collection of photographs. It's an important contribution to the history of Canadian sport and recreation and a telling case study of volunteering, but anyone who has ever holidayed or even contemplated a hike in a mountain national park would enjoy and benefit from this book." -- Bruce Kidd, University of Toronto historian & Olympian
"There has been a definite need for a finely crafted book on the relationship between the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) and Canada's Mountain Parks: Climber's Paradise tells the tale in an exquisite manner and, in doing so, reveals much about the complex paradise of Canada's mountaineering history and ethos.... Reichwein has certainly emerged...as one of the primary keepers of the distinctive Canadian mountaineering tradition, and Climber's Paradise confirms yet again why this is the indubitable case." [Full review at bit.ly/1nYxnCK] -- Ron Dart -- Highline Magazine, 20141001
"The social and cultural history of mountaineering can go far beyond the simple understanding of history as a fixed chronology of great ascents in a progressive evolution of 'important events," writes Reichwein in her preface. The history of leisure and sport, she argues, can be brought together with environmental history and conservation philosophy. In this book, illustrated with rarely seen historical images, she explores how Alpine Club of Canada members helped shape the policies and sensibilities of western Canada's mountain parks, as the Club imagined and advocated on behalf of those parks to create a climber's paradise in the Rockies and neighbouring ranges. Source: Alpine Club of Canada - Gazette - Winter 2014 (p. 22) -- Lynn Martel -- Gazette (Vol 23. No 3), 20141101
"With many photos takes by early mountaineers, it's a good read--mixing theories and politics with the stores of people whose forethought, physical labour and ideology have allowed us to preserve the natural landscapes of these portions of our mountain heritage for all to enjoy." Karen Probert, The Sherwood Park-Strathcona County News, May 26, 2015
"As Reichwein explores how the ACC worked to protect what they had come to value, Climbers Paradise becomes much more than a book about climbing or climbers, but a much broader look at the history of the Rocky Mountains and Canadas national park system. She deftly walks a narrow ridge to ensure that Climbers Paradise is as much about the balance of people and wilderness as it is a story about the ACC, a move that allows a wider audience to understand how people can be agents of positive cause and effect, rather than a negative force." Rob Alexander, Rocky Mountain Outlook, March 12, 2015 [Full review at http://bit.ly/1dYjXTm]
"A history of the Alpine Club of Canada from 1906 to 1974 and the role played by the club in promoting recreation, conservation, and tourism in Canadas Rocky Mountain parks. Documents the entwined histories of mountaineering groups and the formation of national parks in Canada. Also explores the varied relationship between humans and wilderness, and how mountaineering sheds a new perspective on environmental and recreational history." Environmental History, Volume 20, Issue 2, March 2015
All the various design decisions contribute to an expansive, light, airy feel befitting of the book's content. The typography is clean and precise and creates an inviting reading experience." - Renate Gokl, Juror, AAUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show
"Based on archival and secondary materials, Climbers Paradise is a loving tribute to the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) and its role as a national mountaineering and environmental club.... There are vignettes of key members, illustrative photos, and tales about the clubs founding, early finances, building programs, and political battles." Joseph E. Taylor III, Simon Fraser University, Environmental History, vol 20, no 4, October 2015 (doi: 10.1093/envhis/emv099)
"The Alpine Club of Canada war formed in Winnipeg in 1906 by surveyor Arthur Wheeler and journalist Elizabeth Parker, with support from the Rev. J.C. Herdman of Calgary... The goals of the club included the promotion of scientific study and exploration of Canada's alpine regions; to promote mountain arts and crafts; to preserve the natural beauty of the parks; and to educate Canadians to appreciate their mountain heritage... This is a weighty book, providing extensive data on national parks with the perspective of the Alpine Club of Canada." Alberta History, Spring 2014
"As PearlAnn Reichwein shows, Wheelers ACC was instrumental in creating and promoting the Rockies as a climbers paradise. In doing so, it worked both with and against the federal governments Parks branch over the course of the twentieth century, pushing for conservation and preferred access as well as negotiating the changing landscape of outdoor recreation. Inspired by the British Alpine Club, the ACC can be thought of as an ethnic institution, one that sought to encourage an appreciation for the mountains and the promotion of mountain recreation as well as scientific exploration. It also acted as a political lobby group..." Tina Loo and Meg Stanley, The Canadian Historical Review, June 2016
"This is a remarkable story. It's about how a small group of urban, middle-class, Anglo Canadians, working through the Alpine Club of Canada, sought to assert their narratives of alpinism, the environment, nation, and interpersonal relations on Canada's western Canadian mountain parks, and the conditions they faced, the institutions they created, the political victories they achieved, and the struggles and setbacks they encountered. Professor Reichwein tells it brilliantly, bringing both a climbers' love of the mountains and a social historian's critical distance and research to her subject. Her analysis is illuminated with mini-biographies of the key players, grounded in their speeches and personal correspondence resourcefully dug out of archival collections, and an extensive collection of photographs. It's an important contribution to the history of Canadian sport and recreation and a telling case study of volunteering, but anyone who has ever holidayed or even contemplated a hike in a mountain national park would enjoy and benefit from this book." -- Bruce Kidd, University of Toronto historian & Olympian
"There has been a definite need for a finely crafted book on the relationship between the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) and Canada's Mountain Parks: Climber's Paradise tells the tale in an exquisite manner and, in doing so, reveals much about the complex paradise of Canada's mountaineering history and ethos.... Reichwein has certainly emerged...as one of the primary keepers of the distinctive Canadian mountaineering tradition, and Climber's Paradise confirms yet again why this is the indubitable case." [Full review at bit.ly/1nYxnCK] -- Ron Dart -- Highline Magazine, 20141001
"The social and cultural history of mountaineering can go far beyond the simple understanding of history as a fixed chronology of great ascents in a progressive evolution of 'important events," writes Reichwein in her preface. The history of leisure and sport, she argues, can be brought together with environmental history and conservation philosophy. In this book, illustrated with rarely seen historical images, she explores how Alpine Club of Canada members helped shape the policies and sensibilities of western Canada's mountain parks, as the Club imagined and advocated on behalf of those parks to create a climber's paradise in the Rockies and neighbouring ranges. Source: Alpine Club of Canada - Gazette - Winter 2014 (p. 22) -- Lynn Martel -- Gazette (Vol 23. No 3), 20141101
"With many photos takes by early mountaineers, it's a good read--mixing theories and politics with the stores of people whose forethought, physical labour and ideology have allowed us to preserve the natural landscapes of these portions of our mountain heritage for all to enjoy." Karen Probert, The Sherwood Park-Strathcona County News, May 26, 2015
"As Reichwein explores how the ACC worked to protect what they had come to value, Climbers Paradise becomes much more than a book about climbing or climbers, but a much broader look at the history of the Rocky Mountains and Canadas national park system. She deftly walks a narrow ridge to ensure that Climbers Paradise is as much about the balance of people and wilderness as it is a story about the ACC, a move that allows a wider audience to understand how people can be agents of positive cause and effect, rather than a negative force." Rob Alexander, Rocky Mountain Outlook, March 12, 2015 [Full review at http://bit.ly/1dYjXTm]
"A history of the Alpine Club of Canada from 1906 to 1974 and the role played by the club in promoting recreation, conservation, and tourism in Canadas Rocky Mountain parks. Documents the entwined histories of mountaineering groups and the formation of national parks in Canada. Also explores the varied relationship between humans and wilderness, and how mountaineering sheds a new perspective on environmental and recreational history." Environmental History, Volume 20, Issue 2, March 2015
All the various design decisions contribute to an expansive, light, airy feel befitting of the book's content. The typography is clean and precise and creates an inviting reading experience." - Renate Gokl, Juror, AAUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show
"Based on archival and secondary materials, Climbers Paradise is a loving tribute to the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) and its role as a national mountaineering and environmental club.... There are vignettes of key members, illustrative photos, and tales about the clubs founding, early finances, building programs, and political battles." Joseph E. Taylor III, Simon Fraser University, Environmental History, vol 20, no 4, October 2015 (doi: 10.1093/envhis/emv099)
"The Alpine Club of Canada war formed in Winnipeg in 1906 by surveyor Arthur Wheeler and journalist Elizabeth Parker, with support from the Rev. J.C. Herdman of Calgary... The goals of the club included the promotion of scientific study and exploration of Canada's alpine regions; to promote mountain arts and crafts; to preserve the natural beauty of the parks; and to educate Canadians to appreciate their mountain heritage... This is a weighty book, providing extensive data on national parks with the perspective of the Alpine Club of Canada." Alberta History, Spring 2014
Cuprins
Contents Preface xi Acknowledgements xv Abbreviations xvii Map xviii 1 Imagining Canada's Mountain Parks 1 2 Canada's Alpine Club 13 3 Mountaineering Camp in the Tented Town 59 4 Advocacy for Canada's Hetch Hetchy 119 5 Conservation, Sport Tactics, and Wa
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