Power from the north : territory, identity, and the culture of hydroelectricity in Quebec / Caroline Desbiens ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

Main entry:

Desbiens, Caroline, 1969- author.

Title & Author:

Power from the north : territory, identity, and the culture of hydroelectricity in Quebec / Caroline Desbiens ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

Publication:

Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2013]
©2013

Description:

xxiii, 281 pages : illustrations, maps, 1 portrait ; 24 cm.

Series:

Nature, history, society, 1713-6687

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1 Power and the North -- 1. Nexus of Hydroelectricity in Quebec -- 2. Discovering a New World: James Bay as Eeyou Istchee -- pt. 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 -- pt. 3 Rewriting the Land -- 5. Pioneers -- 6. Workers -- 7. Spectators.
Issued also in electronic formats.
Includes some text in French.

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.

ISBN:

9780774824163 (bound)
0774824166
9780774824538 (pbk.)
0774824530
9780774824170
0774824174

Subject:

James Bay Hydroelectric Project.
Projet hydro-électrique de la baie James.
Water-power Social aspects Québec (Province)
Water-power Political aspects Québec (Province)
Water resources development Social aspects Québec (Province)
Cultural geography Québec (Province)
Énergie hydraulique Aspect social Québec (Province)
Énergie hydraulique Aspect politique Québec (Province)
Ressources en eau Exploitation Aspect social Québec (Province)
Géographie culturelle Québec (Province)
Cultural geography
Water-power Social aspects
Water resources development Social aspects
Kulturgeografi.
Vattenkraft.
Québec
Kanada Quebec.

Added entries:

Wynn, Graeme, 1946-
Nature, history, society.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 283731
Call No.: HD9685.C33 Q8 2013
Notes: hbk.
Status: Available

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