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

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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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brooks, Karl Boyd
Other Authors: Cronon, William
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, Jan. 2009.
Subjects:
Idaho Power Company > History > 20th century.
Idaho Power Company
1900-1999
Dams > Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.) > Public opinion > History > 20th century.
Dams > Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.) > Public opinion > History > 20th century.
Hydroelectric power plants > Political aspects > Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.) > History > 20th century.
Environmental policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Private companies > United States > Privileges and immunities > History > 20th century.
Nature conservation > United States > History > 20th century.
Barrages > Hells, Canyon (Idaho et Or.) > Opinion publique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Centrales hydroélectriques > Aspect politique > Hells, Canyon (Idaho et Or.) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sociétés à responsabilité limitée > États-Unis > Privilèges et immunités > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Nature > Conservation > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Environmental policy
Hydroelectric power plants > Political aspects
Nature conservation
United States
United States > Hells Canyon
United States > Snake River
History
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