Karl Boyd Brooks

Public Power, Private Dams

The Hells Canyon High Dam Controversy

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Produktbeschreibung

Karl Boyd Brooks is associate professor of history and environmental studies at the University of Kansas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 153mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 541g
• ISBN-13: 9780295989129
• ISBN-10: 0295989122
• Artikelnr.: 25684729

Autorenporträt

Karl Boyd Brooks is associate professor of history and environmental studies at the University of Kansas.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Why so Important a Story Is so Little Known, by William Cronon
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction: Hells Canyon High Dam and the Postwar Northwest
2. At Hell's Gates
3. Nationalizing Nature: The New Deal Legacy of Snake River Hydropower
4. Taming Rivers and Presidents: The Hells Canyon Controversy Goes National
5. Planning for a 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 Dam
8. Claiming the Public Interest: Idaho Power Moves on Hells Canyon
9. Privatizing Hells Canyon: Dwight Eisenhower's Partnership with Idaho
Power
10. From Energy to Environment: The Aftermath of Hells Canyon Controversy
Notes
Bibliography
Index