Henry Vivian Nelles (born 9 November 1942) is a Canadian historian and professor emeritus at York University. In 1981, he was the Visiting King Professor at Harvard University.
Nelles collaborated frequently with Christopher Armstrong (1942–2022), with whom he co-wrote six books.
Works
1974: The Politics of Development: Forests, Mines & Hydro-Electric Power in Ontario, 1849–1941 1977: The Revenge of the Methodist Bicycle Company: Sunday Streetcars and Municipal Reform in Toronto, 1888–1897 (with Christopher Armstrong) 1986: Monopoly's Moment: The Organization and Regulation of Canadian Utilities, 1830–1930 (with Christopher Armstrong) 1988: Southern Exposure: Canadian Promoters in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1896–1930 (with Christopher Armstrong) 1999: The Art of Nation-Building: Pageantry and Spectacle at Quebec's Tercentenary 2004: A Little History of Canada 2007: The Painted Valley: Artists along Alberta's Bow Valley River, 1845–2000 (with Christopher Armstrong) 2009: The River Returns: An Environmental History of the Bow (with Christopher Armstrong and Matthew Evenden) 2013: Wilderness and Waterpower: How Banff National Park Became a Hydroelectric Storage Reservoir (with Christopher Armstrong)
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