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Public Power, Private Dams : the Hells Canyon High Dam Controversy.

In the years following World War II, the world's biggest dam was almost built in Hells Canyon on the Snake River in Idaho. Karl Boyd Brooks tells the story of the dam controversy, which became a referendum not only on public-power expansion but also on the environmental implications of the New...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brooks, Karl Boyd
Otros Autores: Cronon, William
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, Jan. 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword: Why So Important a Story Is So Little Known by William Cronon ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; List of Abbreviations ; 1. Introduction: Hells Canyon High Damand the Postwar Northwest; 2. At Hell's Gates; 3. Nationalizing Nature: The New Deal Legacy of Snake Basin Hydropower; 4. Taming Rivers and Presidents: The Hells Canyon Controversy Goes National; 5. Planning for Permanent Control: The New Deal Legacy of Northwest Fishery Policy; 6. Sacrificing Hells Canyon's Fish: Death by Committee; 7. Unplugging the New Deal: Hells Canyon High Damand the Postwar Public-Power Debate.
  • 8. Claiming the Public Interest: Idaho Power Moves on Hells Canyon9. Privatizing Hells Canyon: Dwight Eisenhower's Partnership with Idaho Power; 10. From Energy to Environment: The Aftermath of the Hells Canyon Controversy; Notes; Bibliography ; Index.