| Book Review | Environmental History, 10.3

You have not been recognized as a subscriber to Enviromental History online. About 178 words from this article are provided below; about 387 words remain.

If you are a individual subscriber to Environmental History, you may:: • login here if you have already registered for online access.; • Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time.
If you are not a subscriber to the Environmental History, you can:: • get subscription information here.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of Environmental History (8.1-present).
Instititutions can:: • get subscription information here to receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.

| Book Review | Environmental History, 10.3 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

Fish Versus Power: An Environmental History of the Fraser River. By Matthew D. Evenden. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xvii + 309 pp. Illustrations, maps, figures, tables, bibliography, index. $65.00.

The Fraser River in British Columbia is the world's most productive salmon river, yet as the river with North America's third largest discharge into the Pacific, it also holds tremendous potential for hydroelectric development. Matthew Evenden's Fish Versus Power explores the environmental history of Canada's third greatest river to explain why a river with such potential for hydropower has not been dammed, despite being located in a thoroughly industrialized country and in a province next to the nation with the twentieth century's most rapacious demand for energy. It is a complex story, which Evenden relates admirably, weaving into his narrative native advocacy, the competing interests of the fishing, canning, electric-power, and aluminum industries, Cold War politics, the differences between institutions and bureaucracies in Canada and the United States, and the history of fisheries science along with compelling descriptions of the river and its watershed.

. . .

There are about 387 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.