Cross-Currents
Subtitle: Hydroelectricity and the Engineering of Northern Ontario
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published: March 11, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780889203174
Subjects: Cultural studies; Management of land & natural resources; Hydraulic Engineering (General); Hydrology; Technology & Engineering; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Canada; Development - Sustainable Development; Social Aspects; History / Canada; Earth Sciences - Geology; Electricity; Engineering - Hydraulic
Description: "Using the image of cross-currents as the organizing metaphor, this book details the many and often turbulent interactions and interconnections that occurred among the various people and events during the building of the northeastern Ontario hydroelectric system. Special focus is on Native and non-Native interests; southern business and political elites; northern natural resources and the interactions between technology and the environment.".

"Manore concentrates on the cooperation that existed among the various interest groups during periods of expansion and amalgamation. In today's environment of limited energy resources, respect for the rights of First Nations and ecological concerns, this book is a reminder that co-operation rather than conquest is a more realistic approach to development."--BOOK JACKET.