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oapen-20.500.12657-574282022-07-19T02:57:53Z Reading the Entrails Charles Conrad, Norman bic Book Industry Communication::B Biography & True Stories bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCN Environmental economics Before the fall of Imperial Rome, priests cast the guts of sacrificial animals on the temple floor, claiming to be able to divine the future from these entrails. By probing the remains of Alberta's past sacrifices (reading the entrails), the author believes we might dimly see an apparition of Alberta's future. This controversial book vividly portrays the history of land and life in Alberta from the Ice Ages to the present. Making no apologies for his criticism of government, regulators, and large corporations, Conrad aims to strike a discussion at all levels by presenting his arguments intensely. For those interested in natural history, the environment, and the future of Alberta's ecological resources, this provocative book is essential reading. 2022-07-18T11:53:42Z 2022-07-18T11:53:42Z 1999 book ONIX_20220718_9781552386712_5 9781552386712 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57428 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781552386712.pdf University of Calgary Press 5c7afbd8-3329-4175-a51e-9949eb959527 9781552386712 215 Calgary open access
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Before the fall of Imperial Rome, priests cast the guts of sacrificial animals on the temple floor, claiming to be able to divine the future from these entrails. By probing the remains of Alberta's past sacrifices (reading the entrails), the author believes we might dimly see an apparition of Alberta's future. This controversial book vividly portrays the history of land and life in Alberta from the Ice Ages to the present. Making no apologies for his criticism of government, regulators, and large corporations, Conrad aims to strike a discussion at all levels by presenting his arguments intensely. For those interested in natural history, the environment, and the future of Alberta's ecological resources, this provocative book is essential reading.
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