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Delivering the super, natural goods : commodifying wilderness in British Columbia Giles, Douglas E. A.
Abstract
This thesis places the values shared by recreational hikers, backpackers, kayakers, and others within the British Columbia Forest Debate in the second half of the twentieth century. Using the 1985-86 Wilderness Advisory Committee as a case study, it argues that the interpretation of the concept of “wilderness” expressed by these outdoor enthusiasts can only be understood through the study of North American consumer culture. They valued “wilderness” as a commodity, not unlike the ways that forest and mining companies did, yet also expressed environmentalist concerns about protecting “wilderness” areas from resource exploitation and overdevelopment.
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Delivering the super, natural goods : commodifying wilderness in British Columbia
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University of British Columbia
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Date Issued |
2008
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This thesis places the values shared by recreational hikers, backpackers, kayakers, and
others within the British Columbia Forest Debate in the second half of the twentieth
century. Using the 1985-86 Wilderness Advisory Committee as a case study, it argues that
the interpretation of the concept of “wilderness” expressed by these outdoor enthusiasts
can only be understood through the study of North American consumer culture. They
valued “wilderness” as a commodity, not unlike the ways that forest and mining companies
did, yet also expressed environmentalist concerns about protecting “wilderness” areas from
resource exploitation and overdevelopment.
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application/pdf
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eng
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2009-02-02
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0066935
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University of British Columbia
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2008-11
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Graduate
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International