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

Desbiens, Caroline

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ISBN 10: 0774824166 ISBN 13: 9780774824163

Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2013

Riassunto

In the 1970s, Hydro-Quebec declared in a publicity campaign "We Are Hydro-Quebecois." 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.

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L'autore:

Caroline Desbiens is a professor of geography at Laval University. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Historical Geography of the North.

Product Description:

In the 1970s, Hydro-Quebec declared "We Are Hydro-Quebecois." The slogan symbolised the intimate ties that had emerged between hydroelectric development in the North and French Canadian aspirations in the South. Caroline Desbiens focuses on the first phase of the James Bay hydroelectric project to explore how this culture of hydroelectricity hastened the erasure of Aboriginal homelands and 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.

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• Editore: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0774824166
• ISBN 13: 9780774824163
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 281