Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Foreword xi
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Abbreviations xvii
7. Introduction: The Industrial Colonization of the Northwest 1
8. Part 1
9. On the Edge: The 1920s 17
10. Railway’s End: Adaptation 47
11. Industrial Appetites 81
12. Part 2
13. An Ordered World 113
14. Sub/Terrain 140
15. Harnessing the Wet West 165
16. “Two Weights and Two Measures”: Conservation and Conflict in the Fisheries 192
17. Part 3
18. Industrial Circuitry 227
19. The Hazards of Disassembly 257
20. Conclusion: The Frontiers of High-Energy Civilization 282
21. Shipping Seasons on the Mackenzie Basin Large Lakes 289
22. Fish Populations and Production on the Large Lakes 292
23. Glossary 306
24. Notes 315
25. Bibliography 373
26. Index 395