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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Castonguay, Stéphane. Government of natural resources. Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2021 (OCoLC)1237362249 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Stéphane Castonguay; Käthe Roth |
ISBN: | 9780774866309 0774866306 9780774866316 0774866314 |
OCLC Number: | 1162446160 |
Language Note: | Translated from the French. |
Notes: | Translation of: Le gouvernement des ressources naturelles : sciences et territorialités de l'État québécois, 1867-1939. |
Description: | xxv, 208 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | The Administrative Capacities of the Quebec State: Specialized Personnel and Technoscientific Interventions -- The Invention of a Mining Space: Geological Exploration and Mineralogical Knowledge -- Soil Classification and Separation of Forest and Colonization Areas: Scientific Forestry and Reforestation -- Surveillance and Improvement of Fish and Game Territories: Conservation of Wildlife Resources -- Regionalization and Specialization of Agricultural Production: Disseminating Agronomic Knowledge. |
Series Title: | Nature, history, society. |
Other Titles: | Gouvernement des ressources naturelles. |
Responsibility: | Stéphane Castonguay ; translated by Käthe Roth ; foreword by Graeme Wynn. |
Abstract:
The Government of Natural Resources is a revealing look at how science can extend state power through territorial and environmental transformations.
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The author provides great detail on the history of technical and scientific advances in the four natural resource areas of Quebec from 1867 to 1939. -- J. Organ, emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst * Choice Connect * In meticulously detailed chapters devoted to the development of mining, forestry, wildlife conservation, and agriculture, Casonguay shows how Quebec took control of its resources. -- Geoff White * Literary Review of Canada * Read more...
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