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Daniel Macfarlane Fixing Niagara Falls (Hardback) (IMPORTATION BRITANNIQUE)
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- État
- Book Title
- Fixing Niagara Falls
- Publication Name
- Fixing Niagara Falls : Environment, Energy, and Engineers at the World's Most Famous Waterfall
- Title
- Fixing Niagara Falls
- Subtitle
- Environment, Energy, and Engineers at the World’s Most Famous Wat
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0774864222
- EAN
- 9780774864220
- ISBN
- 9780774864220
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Genre
- History
- Subject
- Canada / General, Social Aspects, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), United States / General
- Release Date
- 31/08/2020
- Release Year
- 2020
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- CA
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Series
- Nature History Society Ser.
- Subject Area
- Technology & Engineering, History
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Item Weight
- 21.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 332 Pages
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Since the late nineteenth century, Niagara Falls has been heavily engineered to generate energy behind a flowing facade designed to appeal to tourists. Essentially, this natural wonder is now a tap: huge tunnels channel the waters of the Niagara River around the Falls, which ebb and flow according to the tourism calendar. Fixing Niagara Falls reveals the technological feats and cross-border politics that facilitated the transformation of one of the most important natural sites in North America. Daniel Macfarlane details how engineers, bureaucrats, and politicians conspired to manipulate the world's most famous waterfall. During the first half of the twentieth century, the United States and Canada explored various ways to maximize hydropower from the Niagara River while "preserving" the falls. Decades of environmental diplomacy and transborder studies led to a 1950 treaty that allowed new hydro-electric stations to funnel most of the river's water to generate power. To facilitate these diversions and lessen the visual impact of redirecting so much water, the two nations cooperated to install a range of control works while reshaping and shrinking the Horseshoe Falls. This book offers a unique perspective on how the Niagara landscape embodies both the power of technology and the power of nature.
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Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
ISBN-10
0774864222
ISBN-13
9780774864220
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6064064458
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Fixing Niagara Falls : Environment, Energy, and Engineers at the World's Most Famous Waterfall
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Canada / General, Social Aspects, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), United States / General
Series
Nature History Society Ser.
Publication Year
2020
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, History
Number of Pages
332 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Item Weight
21.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2019-461063
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
F127.N8m33 2020
Reviews
Once an icon of untrammelled wilderness and inexhaustible natural resources, over the past two centuries Niagara Falls has been harnessed for hydropower to the point that today it is a roaring paradox--a man-made natural wonder, an amusement park for nature seekers. Yet the Falls are still worth visiting because they are still one-of-a-kind spectacular, and so is Daniel Macfarlane's (not-so-natural) history of how it all happened., "Fixing Niagara Falls is unlike any other book that I know of, framing the Niagara landscape as an example of the 'technological sublime' devoted both to beauty and power."--Kurk Dorsey, University of New Hampshire, In Fixing Niagara Falls we find Niagara serially harnessed, saved, negotiated, empowered, disguised, preserved, and fabricated. Through these pages we come to understand the Falls as an extremely complex, ever-changing entity., Daniel Macfarlane has surely read most--if not all--relevant books on Niagara Falls in his research for this truly cross-border history of one of the most important natural sites in North America., "I've always loved Niagara Falls--it is sublime. And no less so, I think, once you read this book and understand how it came to be. It speaks of nature's power but also of a dozen epochs and the ideas of the people who shifted and shaped it over the last centuries. This is engaged and engaging history."--Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?, "Once an icon of untrammelled wilderness and inexhaustible natural resources, over the past two centuries Niagara Falls has been harnessed for hydropower to the point that today it is a roaring paradox--a man-made natural wonder, an amusement park for nature seekers. Yet the Falls are still worth visiting because they are still one-of-a-kind spectacular, and so is Daniel Macfarlane's (not-so-natural) history of how it all happened."--Dan Egan, author of The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, How do you write an original book about Niagara Falls, when so many excellent books about the Falls have already been written? Macfarlane shows it's possible. In this fascinating and well-crafted study, Macfarlane weaves together energy histories, toxic histories, and cultural readings in his analysis, while foregrounding the waterfall itself. He shows that Niagara Falls today is a mesmerizing mixture of nature and culture, radically re-made in service of industrial capitalism. This is truly a transboundary analysis, paying close attention to evolving ideas about the public good and the role of nature in industrial North America., "Daniel Macfarlane has surely read most--if not all--relevant books on Niagara Falls in his research for this truly cross-border history of one of the most important natural sites in North America."--James Murton, Nipissing University, "In Fixing Niagara Falls we find Niagara serially harnessed, saved, negotiated, empowered, disguised, preserved, and fabricated. Through these pages we come to understand the Falls as an extremely complex, ever-changing entity."--Graeme Wynn, University of British Columbia, I've always loved Niagara Falls--it is sublime. And no less so, I think, once you read this book and understand how it came to be. It speaks of nature's power but also of a dozen epochs and the ideas of the people who shifted and shaped it over the last centuries. This is engaged and engaging history.
Table of Content
Foreword: Iconic Falls, Contrived Landscapes, and Tantalizing Opportunities Graeme Wynn Introduction: Characterizing Niagara 1 Harnessing Niagara: Developments up to the Twentieth Century 2 Saving Niagara: Innovation and Change in the Early Twentieth Century 3 Negotiating Niagara: Environmental Diplomacy and the 1950 Treaty 4 Empowering Niagara: Diversions and Generating Stations 5 Disguising Niagara: The Horseshoe Falls Waterscape 6 Preserving Niagara: The American Falls Campaign Conclusion: Fabricating Niagara Notes; Bibliography; Index
Copyright Date
2020
Dewey Decimal
971.3/39
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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