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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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