Amassing power : J.B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927 / David Massell.
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.
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Montreal, Que. :
McGill-Queen's University Press in association with the Forest History Society,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Problem and Its Sources
- 1 The River Passes into Private Hands, 1897 � 1907
- 2 A Shift in Scale, 1909 � 1912
- 3 J.B. Duke, Master Trader, 1912 � 1914
- 4 The Province Attempts to Keep Pace, 1910 � 1915
- 5 Local Politics, Big Business, and an Intransigent State: The Fiasco of 1915 � 1916
- 6 A Lake Grant Won, 1916 � 1922
- 7 The Balance of Power, 1923 � 1927
- Conclusion: The Limits to American Investment
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.