Public power, private dams
Subtitle: the Hells Canyon High Dam controversy
By: Karl Boyd Brooks ; foreword by William Cronon.
Series: Weyerhaeuser environmental books; Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Idaho Power Company -- History -- 20th century; Dams -- Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.) -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century; Dams -- Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.) -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century; Hydroelectric power plants -- Hells Canyon (Idaho and Or.) -- Political aspects -- 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Hells Canyon High Dam and the postwar Northwest; title: At hell's gates; title: Nationalizing nature : the New Deal legacy of Snake Basin hydropower; title: Taming rivers and presidents : the Hells Canyon controversy goes national; title: Planning for permanent control : the New Deal legacy of Northwest fishery policy; title: Sacrificing Hells Canyon's fish : death by committee; title: Unplugging the New Deal : Hells Canyon High Dam and the postwar public-power debate; title: Claiming the public interest : Idaho Power moves on Hells Canyon; title: Privatizing Hells Canyon : Dwight Eisenhower's partnership with Idaho Power; title: From energy to environment : the aftermath of the Hells Canyon controversy.