 | Amassing Power: J.B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927 Subjects: Saguenay River (Quebec) -- Power utilization -- History; Saguenay Region (Quebec) -- History; Duke James Buchanan 1856–1925; Industrialization -- Quebec (Province) -- History; Quebec (Province) -- Politics and government -- 1897–1936; At the turn of the century American industrialist J.B. Duke set his sights on one of North America's greatest and most spectacular rivers - the Saguenay. In Amassing Power David Massell chronicles thirty years of international intrigue as Duke manoeuvred to gain access to, develop, and sell the tremendous hydro-electric potential of a remote river in Quebec. Massell David : David Massell is associate professor of history at the University of Vermont and the author of Amassing Power: J.B. Duke and the Saguenay River, 1897-1927. |
