Climber's Paradise

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Climber's Paradise: Making Canada's Mountain Parks, 1906–1974
Climber's Paradise book cover (University of Alberta Press, 2014).jpg
AuthorPearlAnn Reichwein
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMountain Cairns: A series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
SubjectsMountaineering; National Parks
GenreEnvironmental History
Published2014
PublisherUniversity of Alberta Press
Pages432
ISBN978-0-88864-674-3

Climber's Paradise: Making Canada's Mountain National Parks, 1906–1974 is a 2014 book by PearlAnn Reichwein. In this book, Reichwein provides a detailed history of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) and its involvement in the development of Canada's western Rocky Mountain National parks.[1] Despite its relatively small size, Reichwein shows that the ACC wielded major political influence over Recreational and conservation development in western Canada in the early half of the twentieth century.[2] Reichwein uses mountaineering as a device to examine how Humans interact with the environment and create cultural meaning.[3]

Climber's Paradise was awarded the 2015 Clio Prize for the best book on the history of the Canadian prairies by the Canadian Historical Association.[4]


References[]

  1. ^ Jewett, Elizabeth L. (16 October 2016). "Climber's Paradise: Making Canada's Mountain Parks, 1906–1974 by PearlAnn Reichwein (review)". University of Toronto Quarterly. 85 (3): 544–546. ISSN 1712-5278.
  2. ^ "Climber's Paradise: Making Canada's Mountain Parks, 1906–1974". BC Studies. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  3. ^ DeWitt, Jessica M. (1 December 2015). "Climber's Paradise: Making Canada's Mountain Parks, 1906–1974, by PearlAnn Reichwein". Canadian Journal of History. 50 (3): 601–603. doi:10.3138/cjh.ach.50.3.rev26. ISSN 0008-4107.
  4. ^ "CHA Prizes". cha-shc.ca. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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