The Garden in the Machine: Planning and Democracy in the Tennessee Valley Authority

by Avigail Sachs

Book Overview

The Tennessee Valley Authority was the largest single agency created under the auspices of the New Deal legislation. Until 1933, when the project was initiated, the Tennessee Valley was known romantically as "a region of untapped potential" and, less romantically, as one of the most impoverished and isolated areas of the country. The TVA was responsible for three large-scale environmental projects-the river, land, and power machines-but the project...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813948959
• ISBN13: 9780813948959
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 7.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher