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OverviewThe Government of Natural Resources explores scientific and technical activity in Quebec from Confederation until the eve of the Second World War. Scientific and technical personnel are an often quiet presence within the state, but they play an integral role. At the turn of the twentieth century, the provincial government created geology, forestry, fishery, and agronomy services. These new services drew from recently established university technical programs to amass a corps of skilled employees to support their mission: exploiting resources and occupying territory. Stéphane Castonguay traces the history of mining, logging, hunting, fishing, and agriculture in Quebec to reveal how territorial and environmental transformations thus became a tool of government. By helping to define and shape such interventions, scientific activity contributed to state formation and expanded administrative capacity. The lessons that this thoughtful reconceptualization of resource development offers reach well beyond provincial borders. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stéphane Castonguay , Graeme Wynn , Käthe RothPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press ISBN: 9780774866316ISBN 10: 0774866314 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 15 January 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback 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 ContentsForeword: Science in Action / Graeme Wynn Introduction 1 The Administrative Capacities of the Quebec State: Specialized Personnel and Technoscientific Interventions 2 The Invention of a Mining Space: Geological Exploration and Mineralogical Knowledge 3 Soil Classification and Separation of Forest and Colonization Areas: Scientific Forestry and Reforestation 4 Surveillance and Improvement of Fish and Game Territories: Conservation of Wildlife Resources 5 Regionalization and Specialization of Agricultural Production: Disseminating Agronomic Knowledge Conclusion: Knowledge, Power, and Territory Appendix: Identification of Technoscientific Activities in the Public Accounts (1896–1940) Notes; Bibliography; IndexReviewsThe author provides great detail on the history of technical and scientific advances in the four natural resource areas of Quebec from 1867 to 1939. -- J. Organ, emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst * Choice Connect * In meticulously detailed chapters devoted to the development of mining, forestry, wildlife conservation, and agriculture, Casonguay shows how Quebec took control of its resources. -- Geoff White * Literary Review of Canada * Author InformationStéphane Castonguay is a professor of environmental history and Quebec studies at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and former Canada Research Chair in Environmental History (2003–13). He is also the author of Protection des cultures, construction de la nature: L'entomologie économique au Canada, 1884–1959, and co-editor, with Matthew Evenden, of Urban Rivers: Re-making Rivers, Cities, and Space in Europe and North America and, with Michèle Dagenais, of Metropolitan Natures: Environmental Histories of Montreal. Käthe Roth has been a literary translator for more than thirty years. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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