dc.contributor.advisor |
Reid, John G., 1948- |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
New Brunswick |
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dc.creator |
Bourgoin, Samantha |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2013-10-04T17:49:44Z |
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dc.date.available |
2013-10-04T17:49:44Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2013 |
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dc.identifier.other |
FC2495 S2 B68 2013 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/25269 |
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dc.description |
125 leaves : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 29 cm. |
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dc.description |
Includes abstract and appendices. |
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dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 119-125). |
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dc.description.abstract |
The construction of the Mactaquac Dam on the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada, during the late 1960s generated vocal and, at times, aggressive opposition. Dedicated to the preservation of the heritage, culture and natural beauty of the area, the opposition was deemed “sentimental” — negatively so — by dam-supporters. This thesis explores dam-opponents’ connection to the region’s heritage and culture, and particularly, their connection to the land. The importance of community and individual identities — as defined by history and culture — to environmental activism and oppositional movements is discussed. In addition, this thesis situates the Mactaquac case within broader patterns of water history and identifies the Mactaquac Dam as existing during a period of intense “authoritarian high modernism.” James C. Scott’s high modernism theory, thus, guides much of this thesis’s discussion of modernization schemes, notions of progress and social engineering. This work demonstrates that high modernist thought and the oppositional arguments were ultimately incompatible. |
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en |
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dc.publisher |
Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University |
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dc.subject.lcc |
FC2495.S2 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Dams -- New Brunswick -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Dams -- Saint John River (Me. and N.B.) -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Mactaquac Dam (N.B.) |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Saint John River Valley (Me. and N.B.) -- Social life and customs |
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dc.title |
Disregarded sentiments : discovering the voices of opposition to the Mactaquac Dam |
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dc.type |
Text |
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thesis.degree.name |
Master of Arts in History |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
History |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.) |
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