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Public Power, Private Dams: The Hells Canyon High Dam Controversy (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Karl Boyd Brooks, William Cronon (Foreword) Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-295-98912-2 / 0295989122 ISBN-13: 978-0-295-98912-9 / 9780295989129 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' |