{"product_id":"up-colony-the-story-of-resource-exploitation-in-upper-michigan-focus-on-sault-sainte-marie-industries-9781615996063","title":"U.P. Colony: The Story of Resource Exploitation in Upper Michigan -- Focus on Sault Sainte Marie Industries","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1980s, Phil Bellfy pondered the question: Why does Sault, Ontario, appear to be so prosperous, while the \"Sault\" on the American side has fallen into such a deplorable state? Could the answer be that the \"American side\" was little more than a \"resource colony\"-or to use the academic jargon of \"Conflict and Change\" Sociology-an \"Internal Colony.\" In UP Colony, Bellfy revisits his graduate research to update us the state of the Sault.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ultimate question: why has the U.P.'s vast wealth, nearly unrivaled in the whole of the United States, left the area with poverty nearly unrivaled in the whole of the United States? None of the conventional explanations from \"distance to markets,\" to \"too many people,\" to \"disadvantageous production costs,\" have any credibility. Simply put: \"Where did the $1.5 billion earned from copper mining, $1 billion from logging, and nearly $4 billion in iron ore go?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo get to the bottom of these thorny questions, Bellfy looks at the possible economic pressures imposed by \"external colonial powers.\" The pressure-points examined in this book include presence of a complimentary economy, lopsided investment in one sector, monopoly style management, disparity of living standards, a repressive conflict-resolution system, and the progressive growth of inequality over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn UP Colony, Dr. Bellfy has revisited his MA Thesis and brought this analysis up-to-date in conjunction with the Sault's Semisepticentennial-the 350th anniversary of its French founding in 1668.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ziibi Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781615996063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.17d","brand":"Phil Bellfy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40994594980021,"sku":"9781615996063","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1121c9c2-34ca-4c4d-94af-f123eafbf568.jpg?v=1631627072","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/up-colony-the-story-of-resource-exploitation-in-upper-michigan-focus-on-sault-sainte-marie-industries-9781615996063","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}