{"product_id":"unbuilt-environments-tracing-postwar-development-in-northwest-british-columbia-hardback-9780774833042","title":"Unbuilt Environments; Tracing Postwar Development in Northwest British Columbia (Hardback) 9780774833042","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUnbuilt Environments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTracing Postwar Development in Northwest British Columbia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJonathan Peyton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774833042\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 February 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages, 12 photographs, 7 maps, 2 charts, 2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnbuilt Environments \u003c\/i\u003eis an enthralling book … [and] a great contribution to the emerging interdisciplinary narrative on resource development conflicts in northwest British Columbia, a region that is currently the site of intense mining exploration and controversy over energy projects. Drawing on fieldwork throughout northwest British Columbia and on research which is both eloquent and honest, \u003ci\u003eUnbuilt \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnvironments \u003c\/i\u003eis a practical, accessible, and reliable resource from a respected emerging researcher. I strongly recommend this book for the expert and non-expert. \u003c\/p\u003e - Rajiv Thakur, Missouri State University, West Plains (Polymath) \u003cem\u003eUnbuilt Environments \u003c\/em\u003eprovides an even-handed discussion of development in a region that remains relatively aloof from capital investment and integration into the global economy. - Gordon Hak (NiCHE, Network in Canadian History \u0026amp; Environment) Jonathan Peyton by bringing to light the history of these spasmodic industrial developments in the north has done an immense public service. His research is comprehensive, his analysis precise, his tone moderate and dispassionate. Indeed, there are moments when the reader, overwhelmed by Peyton's revelations, the scale of the corruption, the extent of the folly, the aggregate waste of tax payers' wealth, almost wishes for a more emotional reaction from the author. Yet the great strength of the book is its restraint, for the facts and history alone provide sufficient indictment. - Wade Davis (The Ormsby Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the latter half of the twentieth century, legions of industrial pioneers came to northwestern British Columbia with grand plans for mines, dams, and energy-development schemes. Yet many of their projects failed to materialize or were abandoned midstream. \u003cem\u003eUnbuilt Environments\u003c\/em\u003e reveals that these lapsed resource projects had lasting effects on the natural and human environment. Drawing on a range of case studies to analyze the social and environmental impacts of unfinished projects, Jonathan Peyton considers development failure a productive concept for northwestern Canada. He looks at a closed asbestos mine, an abandoned rail grade, an imagined series of hydroelectric installations, a failed LNG export facility, and a transmission line – and finds that these unrealized developments continue to shape contemporary resource conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword: How Shall We Live? \/\u003cem\u003e Graeme Wynn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Stikine Watershed and the Unbuilt Environment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Cassiar, Asbestos: How to Know a Place\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Liberating Stranded Resources: The Dease Lake Extension as the Railway to Nowhere\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Corporate Ecology: BC Hydro, Failure, and the Stikine-Iskut Project\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 \"Industry for the future\": Dome Petroleum and the Afterlives of \"Aggressive\" Development\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Transmission: Contesting Energy and Enterprise in the New Northwest Gold Rush\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Tumbling Geography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531055722776,"sku":"9780774833042","price":60.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/unbuilt-environments-tracing-postwar-development-in-northwest-british-columbia-hardback-9780774833042","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}