Empowering the west : electrical politics before FDR / Jay L. Brigham.
Material type: TextSeries: Development of western resourcesPublication details: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c1998.Description: xi, 211 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0700609202 (alk. paper)
- 9780700609208 (alk. paper)
- HD9688.U53 W33 1998
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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.