Title Amassing power : J.B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927 / David Massell

Published Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press in association with the Forest History Society, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 301 pages) : illustrations Series Studies on the history of Quebec Studies on the history of Quebec. Contents 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Duke, James Buchanan, 1856-1925. SUBJECT Duke, James Buchanan, 1856-1925 fast Subject Saguenay River (Québec) -- Power utilization -- History Industrialization -- Québec (Province) -- History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History. Water-power Industrialization SUBJECT Saguenay Region (Québec) -- History Saguenay River (Québec) -- Power utilization -- History Subject Quebec (Province) -- Politics and government -- 1936-1960. Québec -- Saguenay River Québec Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Forest History Society. ISBN 9780773568310 077356831X

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