Overview
The settlements, economically based on lumber alone, were locked into poverty and dependency by Anglophone-monopoly control of the spruce forests. J.I. Little examines the ultimate failure of the British and Quebec settlement projects and argues that the stranglehold of the monopolies was broken only by the belated extension of the rail network into the Upper St Francis district. Canadians have only recently begun to question their model of company-leased Crown forest reserves and to become interested in the more efficient Scandinavian model of small-scale, privately owned woodlots. This book is one of the first to explore the ideological contradictions and social costs which followed from the entrenchment of large-scale lumber companies in a settled zone.
Full Product Details
Author: John I. Little ,
John I. Little
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.40cm
, Height: 3.10cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 0.676kg
ISBN: 9780773506992
ISBN 10: 0773506993
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 June 1989
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
"""The work makes a strong and original contribution to the history of Quebec."" Brian Young, Department of History, McGill University. ""On peut e tre ... se duit par l'intensite avec laquelle l'auteur a inte gre la connaissance de ces sources et e tudes dans le questionnement de sa recherche et le mouvement de son expose ... Il contribue a e largir notre fac on d'examiner ces questions et a remettre en question des approches e tablies, ce qui est une grande qualite scientifique."" Jean Kesteman, de partement des sciences humaines, Universite de Sherbrooke."
The work makes a strong and original contribution to the history of Quebec. Brian Young, Department of History, McGill University. On peut etre ... seduit par l'intensite avec laquelle l'auteur a integre la connaissance de ces sources et etudes dans le questionnement de sa recherche et le mouvement de son expose ... Il contribue a elargir notre facon d'examiner ces questions et a remettre en question des approches etablies, ce qui est une grande qualite scientifique. Jean Kesteman, departement des sciences humaines, Universite de Sherbrooke.
The work makes a strong and original contribution to the history of Quebec. Brian Young, Department of History, McGill University. On peut etre ... seduit par l'intensite avec laquelle l'auteur a integre la connaissance de ces sources et etudes dans le questionnement de sa recherche et le mouvement de son expose ... Il contribue a elargir notre facon d'examiner ces questions et a remettre en question des approches etablies, ce qui est une grande qualite scientifique. Jean Kesteman, departement des sciences humaines, Universite de Sherbrooke.
