Amassing Power in a Northern Landscape: J.B. Duke and the Development of the Saguenay River, 1897-1927
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Amassing Power in a Northern Landscape: J.B. Duke and the Development of the Saguenay River, 1897-1927
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Abstract |
James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925), an American tobacco magnate, negotiated the sale of a huge block of power to the Aluminum Company of America’s Canadian subsidiary, Alcan, after persuading the Quebec government to raise the level of Lac Saint-Jean by over seventeen feet to accommodate his hydro electric development on the Saguenay River.
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PhD dissertation
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Duke University
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Durham, NC
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1997
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xiv-451p.
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en
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Citation |
Massell, David Perera. “Amassing Power in a Northern Landscape: J.B. Duke and the Development of the Saguenay River, 1897-1927.” PhD dissertation, Duke University, 1997.
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