{"product_id":"fixing-niagara-falls-9780774864237","title":"Fixing Niagara Falls","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong considered a natural wonder, the world’s most famous waterfall is anything but. \u003cem\u003eFixing Niagara Falls\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the engineering and politics behind the transformation of Niagara Falls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMacfarlane has crafted an exemplary work of scholarship. -- Donald C. Jackson, Lafayette College * Technology and Culture *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorians and general readers interested in the Falls and in issues connected with the associated technological and political background will appreciate this work.\u003c\/p\u003e -- A.M. Strauss, Vanderbilt University * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFixing Niagara Falls\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent monograph that cleverly analyzes how engineering interventions and human hubris helped make the Niagara Falls that we are familiar with today. -- Clarence Hatton-Proulx * NiCHE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"… Macfarlane’s great contribution is to provide a comprehensive account of the creation of the engineering complex at Niagara Falls…\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Mark Sholdice, King’s University College at Western University * Ontario Historical Society Review *\u003cbr\u003eWith this carefully researched study, we find in Niagara Falls a locus of past concerns that reverberate today: the realities of appropriation, the hubristic underbelly of \"green\" energy, the politics of energy transitions and exports, the power struggles between provincial, state, and federal governments. -- Kyle Wyatt * Literary Review of Canada *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword: Iconic Falls, Contrived Landscapes, and Tantalizing Opportunities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGraeme Wynn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Characterizing Niagara\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Harnessing Niagara: Developments up to the Twentieth Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Saving Niagara: Innovation and Change in the Early Twentieth Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Negotiating Niagara: Environmental Diplomacy and the 1950 Treaty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Empowering Niagara: Diversions and Generating Stations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Disguising Niagara: The Horseshoe Falls Waterscape\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Preserving Niagara: The American Falls Campaign\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Fabricating Niagara\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404946317655,"sku":"9780774864237","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774864237.jpg?v=1730488150","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fixing-niagara-falls-9780774864237","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}