Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 281 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Series |
Nature, history, society,
1713-6687
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Nature, history, society.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Part 1: Power and the North. 1 The Nexus of Hydroelectricity in Quebec ; 2 Discovering a New World: James Bay as Eeyou Istchee -- Part 2: Writing the Land. 3 Who Shall Convert the Wilderness into a Flourishing Country? ; 4 From the Roman de la Terre to the Roman des Ressources -- Part 3: Rewriting the land. 5 Pioneers ; 6 Workers ; 7 Spectators -- Conclusion: Ongoing Stories and Powers from the North. |
Summary |
In Power from the North, Caroline Desbiens explores how this culture of hydroelectricity helped shape the material landscape during the first phase of the James Bay hydroelectric project. She analyzes the cultural forces that contributed to the transformation of the La Grande River into a hydroelectric complex. Policy makers and Quebecers did not, she argues, view those who built the dams as mere workers -- they saw them as pioneers in a previously uninhabited landscape now inscribed with the codes of culture and spectacle. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
Includes some text in French. |
Subject |
James Bay Hydroelectric Project.
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James Bay Hydroelectric Project. |
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Projet hydro-électrique de la baie James. |
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Cultural geography -- Québec (Province)
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Cultural geography. |
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Water resources development -- Social aspects -- Québec (Province)
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Water resources development -- Social aspects. |
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Water resources development. |
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Water-power -- Political aspects -- Québec (Province)
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Water-power. |
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Water-power -- Social aspects -- Québec (Province)
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Water-power -- Social aspects. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Desbiens, Caroline, 1969- Power from the north. Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2013 9780774824163 (OCoLC)828140567 |
ISBN |
9780774824187 (e-book) |
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0774824182 |
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9780774824538 (paperback) |
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0774824530 |
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9780774824163 (bound) |
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0774824166 |
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9780774824194 |
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0774824190 |
Standard No. |
ebc3412846 |
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