The Nature of Empires and the Empires of Nature

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The Nature of Empires and the Empires of Nature is written by Karl S. Hele and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1554584213 (ISBN 10) and 9781554584215 (ISBN 13).

Drawing on themes from John MacKenzie’s Empires of Nature and the Nature of Empires (1997), this book explores, from Indigenous or Indigenous-influenced perspectives, the power of nature and the attempts by empires (United States, Canada, and Britain) to control it. It also examines contemporary threats to First Nations communities from ongoing political, environmental, and social issues, and the efforts to confront and eliminate these threats to peoples and the environment. It becomes apparent that empire, despite its manifestations of power, cannot control or discipline humans and nature. Essays suggest new ways of looking at the Great Lakes watershed and the peoples and empires contained within it.