 | Arvida au Saguenay: Naissance d''une ville industrielle Subjects: Jonquière (Québec) -- Histoire; Arvida (Jonquière Québec) -- Histoire; Travailleurs -- Québec (Province) -- Jonquière -- Histoire; Founded in 1925, the town of Arvida was established to provide labour for Alcan's plant on the Saguenay River. With the arrival of big business in the rural Quebec countryside, two cultures collided -- the modern industrial culture of English North America and the traditional rural culture of French Quebec. Written in French, Arvida au Saguenay is an exploration of the interaction and eventual integration of these two cultures. Igartua José E. : José E. Igartua is a retired professor of history at the Université du Québec à Montréal. |
