Amassing Power in a Northern Landscape: J.B. Duke and the Development of the Saguenay River, 1897-1927

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Title
Amassing Power in a Northern Landscape: J.B. Duke and the Development of the Saguenay River, 1897-1927
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.
Type
PhD dissertation
University
Duke University
Place
Durham, NC
Date
1997
# of Pages
xiv-451p.
Language
en
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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