The industrial transformation of subarctic Canada / Liza Piper ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

Main entry:

Piper, Liza, 1978-

Title & Author:

The industrial transformation of subarctic Canada / Liza Piper ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

Publication:

Description:

xviii, 403 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Nature, history, society, 1713-6687

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-393) and index.
Foreword: The Nature of Industrialization / Graeme Wynn -- Introduction: The Industrial Colonization of the Northwest -- On the Edge: the 1920s -- Railroad's End: Adaptation -- Industrial Appetites -- Ordered World -- Sub/Terrain -- Harnessing the Wet West -- "Two Weights and Two Measures": Conservation and Conflict in the Fisheries -- Industrial Circuitry -- Hazards of Disassembly -- Conclusion: The Frontiers of High-Energy Civilization.

Summary:

"The industrialization of Canada's Subarctic relied upon the region's large northwestern lakes: Winnipeg, Athabasca, Great Slave, and Great Bear. Between 1921 and 1960, these lakes comprised a seam in the Canadian interior where industrial economies took root, transgressing political geographies and superseding the historically dominant fur trade. The state and private enterprise imported southern scientists and sojourning labourers to work the Northwest, and its industrial history bears these newcomers' imprint. The Industrial Transformation of Subarctic Canada reveals the history of human impact upon the North. It provides a baseline, grounded in historical and scientific evidence, for measuring environmental change in the Subarctic."--Pub. desc.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9780774815321
0774815329
9780774815338
0774815337

Subject:

Industrialization Canada, Northern History.
Environmental degradation Canada, Northern History.
Natural resources Canada, Northern.
Industrial policy Canada History.
Industrialisation Canada (Nord) Histoire.
Environnement Canada (Nord)
Environnement Dégradation Canada (Nord) Histoire.
Ressources naturelles Canada (Nord)
Politique industrielle Canada Histoire.
Ecology.
Economic history.
Environmental degradation.
Industrial policy.
Industrialization.
Natural resources.
Canada, Northern Environmental conditions.
Canada, Northern Economic conditions 20th century.
Winnipeg, Lake (Man.)
Athabasca, Lake (Sask. and Alta.)
Great Slave Lake (N.W.T.)
Great Bear Lake (N.W.T.)
Canada (Nord) Conditions économiques 20e siècle.
Winnipeg, Lac (Man.)
Athabasca, Lac (Sask. et Alb.)
Esclaves, Grand lac des (T.N.-O.)
Ours, Grand lac de l' (T.N.-O.)
Canada (Nord) Conditions environnementales.
Canada.
Canada Lake Athabasca.
Northern Canada.
Manitoba Lake Winnipeg.
Northwest Territories Great Bear Lake.
Northwest Territories Great Slave Lake.
Geschichte

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Nature, history, society.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 293879
Call No.: BIB 239123
Status: Available

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