Buffalo by Foster, John & Dick Harrison & I. S. MacLaren (editors) - 1992

University of Alberta Press, 1987-12-31. Paperback. Good.

US: University of Alberta Press, 1992. Paperback. Good. Buffalo conjure up the West the way no other symbol can. They hold a specia l place in our culture and imagination. In this prize-winning collection, w riters reveal the buffalo in plains ecology and culture from prehistoric ti mes to its present and uncertain future. The heated controversy over proposals to exterminate the herds in Wood Buff alo National Park is a reminder of the significance the buffalo has acquire d, standing symbolically at the point of interaction between aboriginal and white cultures and the plains environment. In Buffalo, specialists in the natural and social sciences, the humanities and fine arts examine the invol vement of the buffalo in plains ecology and culture from its prehistoric ev olution and migration to its present and uncertain future. The importance of the buffalo in plains Indian culture is explored in essays on the development of the Cultural World Heritage Site at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and in an… Read More

Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1992. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 244pp., ill., maps, figures. Very light wear..

Paperback. New. Buffalo conjure up the West the way no other symbol can. They hold a special place in our culture and imagination. In this prize-winning collection, writers reveal the buffalo in plains ecology and culture from prehistoric times to its present and uncertain future.

Edmonton: Univ of Alberta Press, 1992. First edition . Paperback. very good/No Dj. 8vo. pp 252.Colour and B/w illustrations .An interesting table of contents which lists essays written about buffalo: ""Bison in Alberta, Blackfoot and Buffalo Jumps, Head-Smashed-in Buffalo Jump, The Metis and the End of the Plains Buffalo in Alberta, Buffalo in Word and Image, An Artist among the Buffalo, Wood Buffalo at the Crossroads, Wolves and Bison,…

Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta Press, 1992. Paperback. As New. As New condition; In this book, specialists in the natural and social sciences, the humanities and fine arts examine the involvement of the buffalo in plains ecology and culture from its prehistoric evolution and migration to its present and uncertain future.

Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1992. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 244pp., photos, ill., notes, maps. Very light wear..

The University of Alberta Press, 1992-01-01. First Edition. Paperback. Used:Good.

Edmonton: University of Alberta Press [0-88864-237-7] [1992]. (Trade paperback) 244pp. Very good. Frontispiece, black and white and color photographs, map, notes, illustrations, table, graph. A previous owner's stamp on the front endpaper. Cover art by Clarence Tillenius. Frontispiece by W Rowan. Publisher series: Alberta Nature and Culture Series. (Natural History, Bison, Natural History).

Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta Press, 1992. Paperback. Near Fine. GIFT INSCRIPTION FROM THE ARTIST CLARENCE TILLENIUS WITH A SKETCH OF A BUFFOLO and dated Sept 1998; Clean, tight, unmarked; very light wear to inside corners; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; absolute minimal wear; In this book, specialists in the natural and social sciences, the humanities and fine arts examine the involvement of the buffalo in plains ecology and culture from its prehistoric evolution and migration to its present and uncertain future.