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Author Hirt, Paul W., 1954-

Title The wired Northwest : the history of electric power, 1870s-1970s / Paul W. Hirt.

Publication Info. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2012.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  621.3109795 H618w 2012    ---  Available
Description ix, 461 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The 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.
Subject Electric power -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 19th century.
Electric power -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century.
Electric power systems -- Northwest, Pacific -- History.
Electric power distribution -- Northwest, Pacific -- History.
Energy policy -- Northwest, Pacific -- History.
Electric power -- Environmental aspects -- Northwest, Pacific -- History.
Northwest, Pacific -- Environmental conditions.
Northwest, Pacific -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Northwest, Pacific -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780700618736 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0700618732 (cloth : alkaline paper)

 
    
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