{"product_id":"paying-the-land-paperback","title":"Paying the Land - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Sacco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE GUARDIAN, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTHE BROOKLYN RAIL\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE GLOBE AND MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePOP MATTERS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCOMICS BEAT\u003c\/i\u003e, AND \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the \"heir to R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e), a masterful work of comics journalism about indigenous North America, resource extraction, and our debt to the natural world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Dene have lived in the vast Mackenzie River Valley since time immemorial, by their account. To the Dene, the land owns them, not the other way around, and it is central to their livelihood and very way of being. But the subarctic Canadian Northwest Territories are home to valuable resources, including oil, gas, and diamonds. With mining came jobs and investment, but also road-building, pipelines, and toxic waste, which scarred the landscape, and alcohol, drugs, and debt, which deformed a way of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePaying the Land\u003c\/i\u003e, Joe Sacco travels the frozen North to reveal a people in conflict over the costs and benefits of development. The mining boom is only the latest assault on indigenous culture: Sacco recounts the shattering impact of a residential school system that aimed to \"remove the Indian from the child\"; the destructive process that drove the Dene from the bush into settlements and turned them into wage laborers; the government land claims stacked against the Dene Nation; and their uphill efforts to revive a wounded culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgainst a vast and gorgeous landscape that dwarfs all human scale, \u003ci\u003ePaying the Land\u003c\/i\u003e lends an ear to trappers and chiefs, activists and priests, to tell a sweeping story about money, dependency, loss, and culture--recounted in stunning visual detail by one of the greatest cartoonists alive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe Sacco is the author of \u003ci\u003eFootnotes in Gaza\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he received the Ridenhour Book Prize, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Once and Future Riot, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePalestine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournalism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSafe Area Gorazde\u003c\/i\u003e, and other books. His comics reporting has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 10.42 x 7.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52489918742835,"sku":"9781250410894","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/fGvtfVlJRT9781250410894.webp?v=1759917366","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/paying-the-land-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}