Quebec hydropolitics : the Peribonka concessions of the Second World War / David Massell.

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Massell, David Perera

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9780773590977
0773590978

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Quebec hydropolitics.DDC classification:

333.91/4150971414 22

LOC classification:

HD1696.Q44

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Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Maps and Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 1 Hydraulic Hinterland, Native Home: A Prehistory""; ""CHAPTER 2 Lac Manouan""; ""CHAPTER 3 Passe Dangereuse""; ""CHAPTER 4 Beyond Quebec: the Shipshaw-Massena Bargain""; ""CHAPTER 5 â€œDo we live in the province of Aluminum or in the Province of Quebec?â€?""; ""CHAPTER 6 Bersimis and Beyond""; ""CHAPTER 7 Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""

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Summary: "The construction in the 1940s of hydroelectric dams and reservoirs, Lakes Manouan and Passe Dangereuse, were enormous projects that had consequences not only on the environment but also on international affairs. Built by the Aluminium Company of Canada (Rio Tinto Alcan), the project helped meet the American and Allied Forces demand for electrical power and aluminium ingot during the Second World War but also forced Innu/Montagnais hunter-trappers from their ancestral landsSummary: Examining sources as varied as the papers of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and interviews with Montagnais elders, Quebec Hydropolitics presents a compelling synthesis of business and social history as well as wartime politics. David Massell reconstructs the story of a changing landscape through the perspectives of corporate executives, government officials, and Aboriginals to show the effect that war had on Canadian resource extraction and energy policy as well as its indigenous peoples.Summary: A narrative that flows from the Saguenay watershed to the centres of political power, Quebec Hydropolitics is an informative look at the costs and benefits of large-scale industrialization."--Pub. desc

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The construction in the 1940s of hydroelectric dams and reservoirs, Lakes Manouan and Passe Dangereuse, were enormous projects that had consequences not only on the environment but also on international affairs. Built by the Aluminium Company of Canada (Rio Tinto Alcan), the project helped meet the American and Allied Forces demand for electrical power and aluminium ingot during the Second World War but also forced Innu/Montagnais hunter-trappers from their ancestral lands

Examining sources as varied as the papers of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and interviews with Montagnais elders, Quebec Hydropolitics presents a compelling synthesis of business and social history as well as wartime politics. David Massell reconstructs the story of a changing landscape through the perspectives of corporate executives, government officials, and Aboriginals to show the effect that war had on Canadian resource extraction and energy policy as well as its indigenous peoples.

A narrative that flows from the Saguenay watershed to the centres of political power, Quebec Hydropolitics is an informative look at the costs and benefits of large-scale industrialization."--Pub. desc