TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brigham,Jay L.
TI  - Empowering the west: electrical politics before FDR 
SN  - 0700609202 (alk. paper)
AV  - HD9688.U53 W33 1998
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Lawrence
PB  - University Press of Kansas
KW  - Rural electrification
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - West (U.S.)
KW  - History
KW  - Electric utilities
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-203) and index; Electricity and politics: the battle first fought -- The consolidation and influences of the electrical utility industry in the 1920s -- Public power, national politics, and congress: 1927-1932 -- Small town motivation: the quest for inexpensive electricity -- Seattle and Washington State: focal points of the public power fight -- Los Angeles, California: the triumph of public power in a conservative and arid setting -- Politics, electricity, and the new deal
ER  -