Power from the North: Territory, Identity, and the Culture of Hydroelectricity in Quebec by Desbiens, Caroline

Power from the North: Territory, Identity, and the Culture of Hydroelectricity in Quebec (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780774824170)

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Power from the North: Territory, Identity, and the Culture of Hydroelectricity in Quebec by Desbiens, Caroline

Power from the North: Territory, Identity, and the Culture of Hydroelectricity in Quebec

$37.95
Power from the North: Territory, Identity, and the Culture of Hydroelectricity in Quebec by Desbiens, Caroline

Power from the North: Territory, Identity, and the Culture of Hydroelectricity in Quebec

$37.95
Format: Paperback
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In the 1970s, Hydro-Québec declared in a publicity campaign "We Are Hydro-Québécois." The slogan symbolized the intimate ties that had emerged between hydroelectric development in Northern Quebec and French Canadian national aspirations. Caroline Desbiens focuses on the first phase of the James Bay hydroelectric project to explore how this culture of hydroelectricity marginalized Aboriginal territories through the manipulation of Northern Quebec's material landscape. She concludes that truly sustainable resource development will depend on all actors bringing an awareness of their cultural histories and visions of nature, North, and nation to the negotiating table.

Author: Caroline Desbiens
ISBN-10: 0774824174
ISBN-13: 9780774824170
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2014
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
By Caroline Desbiens
By Caroline Desbiens
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Caroline Desbiens is a professor of geography at Laval University. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Historical Geography of the North.

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