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From Meteorite Impact to Constellation City : A Historical Geography of Greater Sudbury /

This book is a historical geography of the city of Greater Sudbury. The story that began billions of years ago encompasses dramatic physical and human events. Among them are volcanic eruptions, two meteorite impacts, the ebb and flow of continental glaciers, Aboriginal occupancy, exploration and map...

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Autor principal: Saarinen, Oiva W., 1937- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a The Unfolding of the Natural Landscape -- The Aboriginal-Colonial Frontier -- Drawing Lines on the Map -- Forging of a Local Monopoly : From Prospectors and Speculators to the International Nickel Company (1883-1902) -- Sudbury (1883-1939) -- Copper Cliff (1886-1939) -- From Local to Global Monopoly : The Merging of Inco and Mond (1902-1928) -- Beyond Sudbury and Copper Cliff : Railway Stations, Mining Camps, Smelter Sites, and Company Towns -- Beyond Sudbury and Copper Cliff : Forestry, Agriculture, Indian Reserves [Aboriginal or Native peoples, First Nations, Whitefish and Wahnapitae Lake First Nation Reserves], and the Burwash Industrial Farm -- From Falconbridge Nickel and Inco to Xstrata Nickel and Vale Canada (1928-2012) -- From Company Town Setting to Regional Constellation (1939-1973) -- From Regional Constellation to Greater Sudbury (1973-2001+) -- A Union Town? -- Healing the Landscape -- Beyond a Rock and a Hard Place. 
520 |a This book is a historical geography of the city of Greater Sudbury. The story that began billions of years ago encompasses dramatic physical and human events. Among them are volcanic eruptions, two meteorite impacts, the ebb and flow of continental glaciers, Aboriginal occupancy, exploration and mapping by Europeans, exploitation by fur traders and Canadian lumbermen and American entrepreneurs, the rise of global mining giants, unionism, pollution and re-greening, and the creation of a unique constellation city of 160,000. The title posits the book's two main themes, one physical in nature and the other human: the great meteorite impact of some 1.85 billion years ago and the development of Sudbury from its inception in 1883. Unlike other large centres in Canada that exhibit a metropolitan form of development with a core and surrounding suburbs, Sudbury developed in a pattern resembling a cluster of stars of differing sizes. Many of Sudbury's most characteristic attributes are undergoing transformation. Its rocky terrain and the negative impact from mining companies are giving way to attractive neighbourhoods and the planting of millions of trees. Greater Sudbury's blue-collar image as a union powerhouse in a one-industry town is also changing; recent advances in the fields of health, education, retailing, and the local and international mining supply and services sector have greatly diversified its employment base. This book shows how Sudbury evolved from a village to become the regional centre for northeastern Ontario and a global model for economic diversification and environmental rehabilitation. -- Publisher's description. 
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