Record Nr.

UNINA9910450106403321

Autore

Massell David Perera

Titolo

Amassing power [[electronic resource] ] : J.B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927 / / David Massell

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press
Durham, N.C., : In association with the Forest History Society, c2000

ISBN

1-282-85850-5

9786612858505

0-7735-6831-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Collana

Studies on the history of Quebec

Disciplina

333.91/415/0971416

Soggetti

Hydroelectric power plants - Québec (Province) - History

Industrialization - Québec (Province) - History

Electronic books.

Saguenay River (Québec) Power utilization History

Saguenay Region (Québec) History

Québec (Province) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: The Problem and Its Sources""; ""1 The River Passes into Private Hands, 1897 â€? 1907""; ""2 A Shift in Scale, 1909 â€? 1912""; ""3 J.B. Duke, Master Trader, 1912 â€? 1914""; ""4 The Province Attempts to Keep Pace, 1910 â€? 1915""; ""5 Local Politics, Big Business, and an Intransigent State: The Fiasco of 1915 â€? 1916""; ""6 A Lake Grant Won, 1916 â€? 1922""; ""7 The Balance of Power, 1923 â€? 1927""; ""Conclusion: The Limits to American Investment""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""