Reading the Entrails: An Alberta EcoHistory

Conrad, Norman C.

ISBN 10: 1552380122 / ISBN 13: 9781552380123

Published by UC Press, Calgary, 1999

About this Item

Flat SIGNED by the author on the title page. Clean laminate wraps, crisp, solid interior. Gently read. A provocative book meant to compel discussion about the past and future of Alberta's natural history.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reading the Entrails: An Alberta EcoHistory
• Publisher: UC Press, Calgary
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1552380122
• ISBN 13: 9781552380123
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Thus
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nature
  • Education
  • Canadiana

About this title

Synopsis

Before the fall of Imperial Rome, priests cast the guts of sacrificial animals on the temple floor, claiming to be able to divine the future from these entrails. By probing the remains of Alberta's past sacrifices (reading the entrails), the author believes we might dimly see an apparition of Alberta's future. Reading the Entrails: An Alberta Ecohistory vividly portrays the history of land and life in Alberta from the Ice Ages to the present. Making no apologies for his criticism of government, regulators, and large corporations, Conrad aims to strike a discussion at all levels by presenting his arguments intensely. For those interested in natural history, the environment, and the future of Alberta's ecological resources, this provocative book is essential reading.

About the Author

Norman C. Conrad's involvement in advocacy, law, primary industry, and wilderness have provided him, a third-generation Albertan, with a strong sense of the winners and losers in Alberta's progress and development.