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.
ISBN: | 9780774864220 |
Publication date: | 31st August 2020 |
Author: | Daniel Macfarlane |
Publisher: | University of British Columbia Press |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 332 pages |
Series: | Nature | History | Society |
Genres: |
Impact of science and technology on society Environmental policy and protocols History of the Americas Tourism geography |