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

by Karl Boyd Brooks

Book Overview

In the years following World War II, the world's biggest dam was almost built in Hells Canyon on the Snake River in Idaho. Karl Boyd Brooks tells the story of the dam controversy, which became a referendum not only on public-power expansion but also on the environmental implications of the New Deal's natural resources and economic policy.

Private-power critics of the Hells Canyon High Dam posed difficult questions about the implications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295989122
• ISBN13: 9780295989129
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher