The Reluctant Land: Society, Space and Environment in Canada before Confederation. By Cole Harris. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2008. 512 p., ill., notes, bibl., index. isbn 978-0-7748-1449-2 hc. 95 $ 978-0-7748-1450-8 pb. 39.95 $) - Turcot, Laurent (Scientia Canadensis, 2009)