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Big Dams of the New Deal Era: A Confluence of Engineering and Politics
David P. Billington, Donald C. Jackson
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| #2160989 in Books | University of Oklahoma Press | 2006-12-01 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 10.00 x1.20 x7.00l,1.87 | File type: PDF | 416 pages | ||5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| The how and why of massive dams during New Deal era|By Charles M. Nobles|This book has just recently been published, and given the renewed controversy over whether or not to dismantle some dams in the U.S., it is a must read for those interested in how and why massive dams were constructed during the New Deal era. Focusing on the building of major dams in four western river bas|About the Author|
|David P. Billington, Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Princeton University, coauthored Power, Speed and Form: Engineers and the Making of the Twentieth Century.
The massive dams of the American West were designed to serve multiple purposes: improving navigation, irrigating crops, storing water, controlling floods, and generating hydroelectricity. Their construction also put thousands of people to work during the Great Depression. Only later did the dams’ baneful effects on river ecologies spark public debate.
Big Dams of the New Deal Era tells how major water-storage structures were erected in four wes...
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