12 North Stars and Sun Destinations

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 3
6. Bodies
7. Civilizing the Natives 39
8. Scientist Tourist Sportsman Spy 60
9. Nature’s Tonic 84
10. Cosmic Moderns 104
11. Technologies
12. The Second Industrial Revolution in Canadian History 125
13. Mysteries of the New Phone Explained 143
14. Small Science 166
15. Paris–Montreal–Babylon 185
16. Percy Schmeiser, Roundup Ready® Canola, and Canadian Agricultural Modernity 216
17. Environments
18. Landscapes of Science in Canada 251
19. “For Canada and for Science” 279
20. North Stars and Sun Destinations 305
21. Negotiating High Modernism 326
22. Epilogue 348
23. Contributors 358
24. Index 362