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Amassing power : J.B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927

Title
Amassing power : J.B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927 / David Massell.
Author
Massell, David Perera.
Publication
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press ; Durham, N.C. : in association with the Forest History Society, ©2000.

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Forest History Society.
Description
ix, 301 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"Tapping into sources in Canada, the United States, and Europe, David Massell tells a story of American capital and Canadian resources. He shows how the infusion of massive amounts of capital yielded unparalleled and sophisticated applications of new hydroelectric technology. In turn, in encroaching on local water rights and farmers' lands, these grand industrial plans drew the attention of the state and led to a protracted power struggle between public and private interests - between American capitalists and the nascent bureaucracy of the province of Quebec. Massell describes the origins and evolution of the events that led to state control over hydraulic resources in the province and laid the foundation for the industrialization of the region. In doing so he provides portraits of J.B. Duke and Quebec politicians of the period and gives an account of the protracted battle of wits between Duke's chief engineer, William States Lee, and Quebec's chief of Hydraulic Service, Arthur Amos."--Jacket.
Series Statement
Studies on the history of Quebec
Uniform Title
Studies on the history of Quebec.
Subject
  • Duke, James Buchanan, 1856-1925
  • Duke, James Buchanan, 1856-1925
  • Hydroelectric power plants > Québec (Province) > History
  • Industrialization > Québec (Province) > History
  • Industrialisation > Québec (Province) > Histoire
  • Centrales hydroélectriques > Québec (Province) > Histoire
  • Hydroelectric power plants
  • Industrialization
  • Politics and government
  • Water-power
  • Saguenay River (Québec) > Power utilization > History
  • Saguenay River Watershed (Québec) > History
  • Québec (Province) > Politics and government
  • Québec (Province) > Politics and government > 1897-1936
  • Saguenay, Rivière (Québec) > Énergie hydraulique > Histoire
  • Saguenay (Québec : Région) > Histoire
  • Québec (Province) > Politique et gouvernement > 1897-1936
  • Saguenay, Bassin du (Québec) > Histoire
  • Québec (Province) > Politique et gouvernement
  • Québec
  • Québec > Saguenay River
  • Québec > Saguenay River Watershed
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-290) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Problem and Its Sources -- 1. River Passes into Private Hands, 1897-1907 -- 2. Shift in Scale, 1909-1912 -- 3. J. B. Duke, Master Trader, 1912-1914 -- 4. Province Attempts to Keep Pace, 1910-1915 -- 5. Local Politics, Big Business, and an Intransigent State: The Fiasco of 1915-1916 -- 6. Lake Grant Won, 1916-1922 -- 7. Balance of Power, 1923-1927 -- Conclusion: The Limits to American Investment.
ISBN
  • 0773520333
  • 9780773520332
LCCN
2001275350
OCLC
  • ocm43284011
  • 43284011
  • SCSB-1133104
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library