Public power, private dams : the Hells Canyon High Dam controversy / Karl Boyd Brooks ; foreword by William Cronon.
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TextSeries: Weyerhaeuser environmental bookPublication details: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2006.Description: xxvii, 290 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: - 0295985976 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9780295985978 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 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
- Idaho Power Company -- History -- 20th century
- Nature conservation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- TC557.3.S63 B76 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-274) and index.
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.