- Hardcover: 392 pages
- Publisher: University of British Columbia Press; illustrated edition edition (15 July 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 077481425X
- ISBN-13: 978-0774814256
- Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 17 x 2.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,189,955 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this richly documented work, Serge Courville tells the geographical history of Quebec, from the appearance of the first human groups through to the present day. This detailed and erudite book maps the major stages of Quebec's collective development, providing a geographical record of the many social relationships that over time created a sense of place. Landscape, Courville shows, is the keeper of memory, the record of successive changes, and a witness to the genesis of the new. Places that were once agricultural, then left to waste and ruin, are today revivified by tourism. Areas that now house office buildings were long ago open playgrounds where children ruled. Drawing on vast research, Courville shows how, in spite of the turbulence Quebec often endures - or perhaps because of it - the land itself may be seen as an important participant in the history of its peoples."Quebec: A Historical Geography" was originally published by Les Presses de l'Universite Laval as "Le Quebec: Geneses et mutations du territoire".During his twenty-two years as professor in the Department of Geography at Universite Laval, Serge Courville authored or co-authored seventeen books and oversaw the publication of several notable collections, including the seven-volume Atlas "historique du Quebec".
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