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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Weyerhaeuser Environmental BksPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780295989761
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Public Power, Private DamsDDC classification:
  • 333.91/4097957
LOC classification:
  • WEB
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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 Canyon -- 9. 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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Intro -- 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 Canyon -- 9. 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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