Public power, private dams : the Hells Canyon High Dam controversy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brooks, Karl Boyd
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2006]
Series:	Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Subjects:	Nature conservation > United States > History > 20th century. Private companies > United States > Privileges and immunities > History > 20th century. Environmental policy > United States > History > 20th century. Hydroelectric power plants > Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.) > Political aspects > History > 20th century. Dams > Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.) > Public opinion > History > 20th century. Dams > Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.) > Public opinion > History > 20th century. Idaho Power Company > History > 20th century. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : Hells Canyon High Dam and the postwar Northwest
At hell's gates
Nationalizing nature : the New Deal legacy of Snake Basin hydropower
Taming rivers and presidents : the Hells Canyon controversy goes national
Planning for permanent control : the New Deal legacy of Northwest fishery policy
Sacrificing Hells Canyon's fish : death by committee
Unplugging the New Deal : Hells Canyon High Dam and the postwar public-power debate
Claiming the public interest : Idaho Power moves on Hells Canyon
Privatizing Hells Canyon : Dwight Eisenhower's partnership with Idaho Power
From energy to environment : the aftermath of the Hells Canyon controversy.