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category: History
published: May 2004
ISBN:9781552380918
publisher: University of Calgary Press

Harm's Way

Disasters in Western Canada

contributions by Anthony Rasporich; Max Foran; Hugh A. Dempsey; Janice Dickin; Lorry W. Felske; Joe Cherwinski; Patrick H. Brennan; David Breen; Clint Evans; David C. Jones & J.M. Bumsted

tagged: post-confederation (1867-)
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The stories told in this collection, though tragic for many, illustrate the steadfast determination and courage of people in the face of misfortune and extreme distress. From the lesser-known weed outbreaks and tornadoes to the world-wide influenza outbreak in 1918 that devastated many Calgary families, these stories focus on the human side of these disasters. It may be a heroic individual or the collective response of a community, but what is truly remarkable in these stories is the human response to the world being turned upside down by famine and disease, by flood, fire, or rock slide, by wind and cold, by dynamite or gas explosions, or even by the seemingly mundane threat of weeds upon crops. It is the resolution to continue to fight and the persistence of the human spirit and its adaptability to challenges that is the true story of a century of development in western Canada.

 

About the Authors
Anthony Rasporich is former dean of Social Sciences and professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Calgary.

Max Foran is a professor in the Faculty of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary. He has written extensively on various western Canadian urban, rural, and cultural topics, most recently on ranching, urban growth, and sustainability.

Max Foran is a professor in the Faculty of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary. He has written extensively on various western Canadian urban, rural, and cultural topics, most recently on ranching, urban growth, and sustainability.

Janice Dickin is professor emerita in the Department of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary. Her areas of study include medical history, life writing, and Canadian social history.

Janice Dickin is professor emerita in the Department of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary. Her areas of study include medical history, life writing, and Canadian social history.

Janice Dickin is professor emerita in the Department of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary. Her areas of study include medical history, life writing, and Canadian social history.

Patrick H. Brennan is associate professor emeritus and fellow of the Centre for Military, Strategic, and Security Studies at the University of Calgary. He has authored numerous chapters and articles on Canadian military history and is the author of Reporting the Nation’s Business: Press-Government Relations During the Liberal Years, 1935-57.

Patrick H. Brennan is associate professor emeritus and fellow of the Centre for Military, Strategic, and Security Studies at the University of Calgary. He has authored numerous chapters and articles on Canadian military history and is the author of Reporting the Nation’s Business: Press-Government Relations During the Liberal Years, 1935-57.

Patrick H. Brennan is associate professor emeritus and fellow of the Centre for Military, Strategic, and Security Studies at the University of Calgary. He has authored numerous chapters and articles on Canadian military history and is the author of Reporting the Nation’s Business: Press-Government Relations During the Liberal Years, 1935-57.

Patrick H. Brennan is associate professor emeritus and fellow of the Centre for Military, Strategic, and Security Studies at the University of Calgary. He has authored numerous chapters and articles on Canadian military history and is the author of Reporting the Nation’s Business: Press-Government Relations During the Liberal Years, 1935-57.

J.M. Bumsted received a PH D from Brown University in 1965. He has taught at Tufts and McMaster universities, and was associate professor of Canadian history at Simon Fraser. He is now retired professor of history at University of Manitoba. Professor Bumsted has published several articles on the history of early North America, especially eighteenth-century New England and Maritime Canada, and on evangelical pietism.

Editorial Review

 

These well–written, thoroughly researched, and generously illustrated essays convincingly demonstrate that both nature and human agency can cause disasters but that resilient western Canadians often overcame situations that had put them in harm's way.

—Patricia E. Roy, Great Plains Quarterly

 

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