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Powering Up Canada
R. W. Sandwell
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Description for Powering Up Canada
Paperback. A comprehensive history of energy sources - from wood to nuclear - and their role in shaping Canadian society. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JD; KNB; TQD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
With growing concerns about the security, cost, and ecological consequences of energy use, people around the world are becoming more conscious of the systems that meet their daily needs for food, heat, cooling, light, transportation, communication, waste disposal, medicine, and goods. Powering Up Canada is the first book to examine in detail how various sources of power, fuel, and energy have sustained Canadians over time and played a pivotal role in their history. Powering Up Canada investigates the ways that the production, processing, transportation, use, and waste issues of various forms of energy changed over time, transforming almost every ... Read more
With growing concerns about the security, cost, and ecological consequences of energy use, people around the world are becoming more conscious of the systems that meet their daily needs for food, heat, cooling, light, transportation, communication, waste disposal, medicine, and goods. Powering Up Canada is the first book to examine in detail how various sources of power, fuel, and energy have sustained Canadians over time and played a pivotal role in their history. Powering Up Canada investigates the ways that the production, processing, transportation, use, and waste issues of various forms of energy changed over time, transforming almost every ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773547865
SKU
V9780773547865
Shipping Time
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99-15
About R. W. Sandwell
R.W. Sandwell is associate professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, and author of Contesting Rural Space: Land Policy and Practices of Resettlement on Saltspring Island, 1859- 1891.
Reviews for Powering Up Canada
" This fascinating and well-conceived collection brings together an impressive array of scholars to address the evolution of Canada' s energy regimes over the past four centuries. A sustained look at the vitally important field of Canadian energy history, Powering Up Canada will be of interest to anyone grappling with the nature of Canada' s energy transitions." Daniel Macfarlane, Western ... Read more