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- Book Title
- Empowering the West : Electrical Politics before Fdr
- Publication Name
- Empowering the West
- Title
- Empowering the West
- Subtitle
- Electrical Politics Before FDR
- Format
- Hardcover
- EAN
- 9780700609208
- ISBN
- 9780700609208
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Genre
- Political Science
- Topic
- Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, Public Policy / General, American Government / General
- Release Date
- 31/10/1998
- Release Year
- 1998
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 12.3 Oz
- Series
- Development of Western Resources
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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While electricity held considerable promise for residents of the American West throughout the 1920s, it did not come with the flip of a switch. That dream could not be realized until it was first determined who would manage the resources from which power was generated. Westerners were at the forefront of the debate over electric power development even before the construction of large, federally owned dams in the 1930s. At the heart of this debate was a conflict between public power advocates and the private utility industry over control of the environment, a struggle that was played out in the political arena. In this book, Jay Brigham describes that rivalry in the West in the years before the New Deal. In identifying the political nature of modernization, Brigham shows how citizens did not merely wait for utility companies to bring electricity to them; instead they agitated for lower rates, broader service, and the institution of public power, often playing leadership roles in Congressional debates on these issues. Focusing on the conservative city of Los Angeles and its liberal counterpart Seattle--as well as several small towns in the Midwest--Brigham shows how fierce battles broke out as private and public systems competed for customers and how, despite the differences between these two cities, public power ultimately triumphed in each. Brigham's study clearly shows that public power was an issue long before Franklin Roosevelt's election. It demonstrates an overlooked continuity from the 1920s to 1930s and establishes a strand of reform between the Progressive Era and the New Deal. In explaining the rationale behind the public power regulatory structures set in place by federal, state, and local governments, it also questions challenges being presented today by advocates of deregulation. Empowering the West draws on a wealth of material to tell a story that is at once environmental, political, and social history. It broadens the context for studies of growth and development and will change the way that historians regard the role of electrical power in the modernization of the West.
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Publisher
University Press of Kansas
ISBN-10
0700609202
ISBN-13
9780700609208
eBay Product ID (ePID)
762593
Product Key Features
Book Title
Empowering the West : Electrical Politics before Fdr
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, Public Policy / General, American Government / General
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Political Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hd9688.U53w33 1998
Reviews
"This study effectively and shrewdly compares politically and environmentally diverse western cities as Seattle and Los Angeles."Choice "Western historians should find Brighams analysis of the importance of electrical politics useful."Western Historical Quarterly "Overall, this book significantly extends our understanding of electrification. . . . Brigham expands the story, bringing the state back in, probing the roles played by politicians and pressure groups, and reminding us that debates regarding governmental roles were central to the process of electrification in the 1920s."American Historical Review "The need for strong, historically reasoned analysis of [deregulation of the electrical utility industry] issue is sorely needed, and Empowering the West is a good start that will serve historians and legislators well."Agricultural History "Brigham has rendered an important service indicating the widespread support for governments playing a major role in seeking electrical modernization through a public power generated in dams on the Tennessee and Colorado rivers."Pacific Historical Review "For a short, concise analysis of the politics of electricity in the 1920s, Brigham does a good job of telling us his story and why it matters to historians."Journal of Arizona History, "This study effectively and shrewdly compares politically and environmentally diverse western cities as Seattle and Los Angeles."-- Choice "Western historians should find Brigham's analysis of the importance of electrical politics useful."-- Western Historical Quarterly "Overall, this book significantly extends our understanding of electrification. . . . Brigham expands the story, bringing the state back in, probing the roles played by politicians and pressure groups, and reminding us that debates regarding governmental roles were central to the process of electrification in the 1920s."-- American Historical Review "The need for strong, historically reasoned analysis of [deregulation of the electrical utility industry] issue is sorely needed, and Empowering the West is a good start that will serve historians and legislators well."-- Agricultural History "Brigham has rendered an important service indicating the widespread support for government's playing a major role in seeking electrical modernization through a public power generated in dams on the Tennessee and Colorado rivers."-- Pacific Historical Review "For a short, concise analysis of the politics of electricity in the 1920s, Brigham does a good job of telling us his story and why it matters to historians."-- Journal of Arizona History, "This book makes a significant contribution to the literature on technology and politics in the twentieth-century United States. Brigham's argument about the importance of the political construction of technology is valuable."- Carl Abbot , author of The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West "This is an important book that will change the way environmental historians and western historians regard the role of electrical power in the development of the West."- Hal K. Rothman , editor of Environmental History, "This book makes a significant contribution to the literature on technology and politics in the twentieth-century United States. Brighams argument about the importance of the political construction of technology is valuable."Carl Abbot , author of The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West "This is an important book that will change the way environmental historians and western historians regard the role of electrical power in the development of the West."Hal K. Rothman , editor of Environmental History, "This book makes a significant contribution to the literature on technology and politics in the twentieth-century United States. Brigham's argument about the importance of the political construction of technology is valuable."-- Carl Abbot , author of The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West "This is an important book that will change the way environmental historians and western historians regard the role of electrical power in the development of the West."-- Hal K. Rothman , editor of Environmental History
Table of Content
Preface 1. Electricity and Politics: The Battle First Fought 2. The Consolidation and Influence of the Electrical Utility Industry in the 1920s 3. Public Power, National Politics, and Congress: 1927-1932 4. Small Town Motivation: The Quest for Inexpensive Electricity 5. Seattle and Washington State: Focal Points of the Public Power Fight 6. Los Angeles, California: The Triumph of Public Power in a Conservative and Arid Setting 7. Politics, Electricity, and the New Deal Appendixes Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
1998
Lccn
98-019379
Dewey Decimal
333.793/2
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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