| Description |
1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"A River Captured explores the controversial history of the Columbia River Treaty and its impact on the ecosystems, indigenous peoples, contemporary culture, provincial politics and recent history of southeastern British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Preparing the Ground: Key Events Preceding the Columbia River Treaty; 1. Swimming through a River of Sage; 2. Big Water Year; 3. Elections, an Extinction and the Mapping of Graves; Give and Take: Who made the CRT Decisions and How; 1. The Long Road to Libby; 2. Silence, Exclusion and Controversy; 3. Standoff; Everything has a Price, Even Betrayal; 1. Growing Delicious Carrots; 2. End Game; The CRT Hangover; 1. Speed, Efficiency and a Sideways Slip; 2. Taking a Stand, Standing in the Way: The Social Complexity of Forced Removal. |
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3. Whittled Down to the Bone: The Lost Landscape of the Upper Kootenay River ValleyPicking Up the Pieces; 1. Reservoir Rye; 2. Opening the Gates; 3. The Voice of the Grandmothers; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index; Copyright Page. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Columbia River Treaty (1961 January 17)
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Columbia River Treaty (1961 January 17) |
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Columbia River Treaty (1961 January 17) |
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Water resources development -- Law and legislation -- Columbia River Watershed.
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Water resources development -- Law and legislation. |
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Water resources development -- Environmental aspects -- Columbia River Watershed.
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Water resources development -- Environmental aspects. |
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Water resources development -- Social aspects -- Columbia River Watershed.
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Water resources development -- Social aspects. |
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Water resources development. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version:Pearkes, Eileen Delehanty, 1961- River captured.: Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books, 2016 (CaOONL)20169046184 |
| ISBN |
1771601795 |
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9781771601795 (electronic book) |
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