Powering up Canada : a history of power, fuel, and energy from 1600

Sandwell, R. W. (Ruth Wells), 1955- (editor.).

Summary: "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 that have sustained Canadians over time and played a pivotal role in their history."--

Record details

ISBN: 9780773547858
ISBN: 9780773547865
ISBN: 077354786X
Physical Description: print
x, 482 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Montreal, QC ; McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	An introduction to Canada's energy history -- Part 1: The organic regime -- Food energy and the expansion of the Canadian fur trade -- Ox and horse power in rural Canada -- Horse power in the modern city -- Hewers of wood: a history of wood energy in Canada -- Wind power: sails, mills, pumps, and turbines -- Water power before hydroelectricity -- Part 2: The mineral regime -- Coal in Canada -- Hydroelectricity -- Petroleum liquids -- Manufactured and natural gas -- Nuclear power -- Reflections, questions, and tentative conclusions.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic format.