Fixing Niagara Falls
Download or Read eBook Fixing Niagara Falls PDF written by Daniel Macfarlane and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Daniel Macfarlane |
| Publisher | : UBC Press |
| Total Pages | : 333 |
| Release | : 2020-09-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780774864251 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0774864257 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Fixing Niagara Falls by : Daniel Macfarlane
Book excerpt: Since the late nineteenth century, Niagara Falls has been heavily engineered to generate energy behind a flowing façade designed to appeal to tourists. Fixing Niagara Falls reveals the technological feats and cross-border politics that facilitated the transformation of one of the most important natural sites in North America. Daniel Macfarlane shows how this natural wonder is essentially a tap: huge tunnels around the reconfigured Falls channel the waters of the Niagara River, which ebb and flow according to the tourism calendar. This book offers a unique interdisciplinary and transborder perspective on how the Niagara landscape embodies the power of technology and nature.
