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000693637 1001_ $$aHirt, Paul W.,$$d1954-
000693637 24514 $$aThe wired Northwest :$$bthe history of electric power, 1870s-1970s /$$cPaul W. Hirt.
000693637 264_1 $$aLawrence, Kansas :$$bUniversity Press of Kansas,$$c[2012]
000693637 264_4 $$c©2012
000693637 300__ $$aix, 461 pages :$$billustrations ;$$c25 cm
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000693637 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 429-439) and index.
000693637 5050_ $$aThe Brilliant Spectacle -- Power Incorporated -- Becoming Modern -- Profit and Welfare -- "Let Every Inch of Water Do Its Duty" -- War-Accelerated Transitions -- Roaring Twenties -- The Bubble Bursts, 1929-1932 -- A New Deal for the Northwest, 1933-1938 -- Integrating the U.S. Northwest Power System, 1937-1941 -- War-Accelerated Transitions II -- "Endless Limitless Development" : A Telescoped View of the Postwar Era.
000693637 520__ $$aThe Pacific Northwest holds an abundance of resources for energy production, from hydroelectric power to coal, nuclear power, wind turbines, and even solar panels. But hydropower is king. Dams on the Columbia, Snake, Fraser, Kootenay, and dozens of other rivers provided the foundation for an expanding, regionally integrated power system in the U.S. Northwest and British Columbia. A broad historical synthesis chronicling the region's first century of electrification, Paul Hirt's new study reveals how the region's citizens struggled to build a power system that was technologically efficient, financially profitable, and socially and environmentally responsible. Hirt shows that every energy source comes with its share of costs and benefits. Because Northwest energy development meant river development, the electric power industry collided with the salmon fishing industry and the treaty rights of Northwest indigenous peoples from the 1890s to the present. Because U.S. federal agencies like the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built many of the large dams in the region, a significant portion of the power supply is publicly owned, initiating contentious debates over how that power should best serve the citizens of the region. Hirt dissects these ongoing battles, evaluating the successes and failures of regional efforts to craft an efficient yet socially just power system. Focusing on the dynamics of problem-solving, governance, and the tense relationship between profit-seeking and the public interest, Hirt's narrative takes in a wide range of players-not only on the consumer side, where electricity transformed mills, mines, households, commercial districts, urban transit, factories, and farms, but also power companies operating at the local and regional level, and investment companies that financed and in some cases parasitized the operators. His study also straddles the international border. It is the first book to compare energy development in the U.S. Northwest and British Columbia. Both engaging and balanced in its treatment of all the actors on this expansive stage, The Wired Northwest helps us better understand the challenges of the twenty-first century, as we try to learn from past mistakes and re-design an energy grid for a more sustainable future. -- Publisher description
000693637 650_0 $$aElectric power$$zNorthwest, Pacific$$xHistory$$y19th century.
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000693637 650_0 $$aElectric power systems$$zNorthwest, Pacific$$xHistory.
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000693637 650_0 $$aElectric power$$xEnvironmental aspects$$zNorthwest, Pacific$$xHistory.
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000693637 651_0 $$aNorthwest, Pacific$$xEconomic conditions$$y20th century.
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