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OverviewThe 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Massell , David MassellPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm ISBN: 9780773537811ISBN 10: 0773537813 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 27 January 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA rich and nuanced text that forces the reader to think again not only about the war and its immediate effects but also its enduring legacies in Quebec and beyond. Matthew Evenden, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia Quebec Hydropolitics sheds important new light on just how vital the Peribonka concessions were for the development of both the Quebec economy and the province's regulatory state. Laurence B. Mussio, Department of Communications and Multimedia, McMaster University """Quebec Hydropolitics sheds important new light on just how vital the Peribonka concessions were for the development of both the Quebec economy and the province's regulatory state."" Laurence B. Mussio, Department of Communications and Multimedia, McMaster University ""A rich and nuanced text that forces the reader to think again not only about the war and its immediate effects but also its enduring legacies in Quebec and beyond."" Matthew Evenden, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia" Author InformationDavid Massell is associate professor of history at the University of Vermont and the author of Amassing Power: J.B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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