Transforming the Prairies - (Nature History Society) by Shannon Stunden Bower (Paperback)
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- Critically reassesses Canada's Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration in light of its contribution to ecological changes and colonialism.
- About the Author: Shannon Stunden Bower is an associate professor in the Department of History, Classics, and Religion at the University of Alberta.
- 316 Pages
- Political Science, Public Policy
- Series Name: Nature History Society
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Critically reassesses Canada's Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration in light of its contribution to ecological changes and colonialism. Transforming the Prairies proposes a new understanding of Canada's Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA), complicating common views of the agency as a model of effective government environmental management. Between 1935 and 2012, the PFRA promoted agricultural rehabilitation in and beyond the Canadian prairies with mixed and equivocal results. The promotion of strip farming as a soil conservation technique, for example, left crops susceptible to sawfly infestations. The PFRA's involvement in irrigation development in Ghana increased the local population's vulnerability to various illnesses. PFRA infrastructure construction intended to serve the public good failed to account for the interests of affected Indigenous peoples. The PFRA is revealed as being a highly modernist state agency that produced varied environmental outcomes and contributed to consolidating colonialism and racism. This investigation affirms the importance of engaging historical perspectives to help ensure that contemporary environmental management efforts support more just and sustainable futures.About the Author
Shannon Stunden Bower is an associate professor in the Department of History, Classics, and Religion at the University of Alberta. She is the author of Wet Prairie: People, Land, and Water in Agricultural Manitoba. She has also published articles in journals such as Environmental History and Agricultural History.Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.05 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 316
Genre: Political Science
Sub-Genre: Public Policy
Series Title: Nature History Society
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Shannon Stunden Bower
Language: English
Street Date: June 19, 2025
TCIN: 1006101828
UPC: 9780774870405
Item Number (DPCI): 247-50-2795
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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