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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.