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The Wired Northwest

The History of Electric Power, 1870s–1970s

By: Paul W. Hirt

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The Wired Northwest

The History of Electric Power, 1870s–1970s

By: Paul W. Hirt

The 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.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700618732

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9780700618736

A Conspiracy of Optimism

Management of the National Forests Since World War Two

By: Paul W. Hirt

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A Conspiracy of Optimism

Management of the National Forests Since World War Two

By: Paul W. Hirt

A Conspiracy of Optimism explains the controversy now raging over the U.S. Forest Service’s management of America’s national forests. Confronted with the dual mandate of production and preservation, the U.S. Forest Service decided it could achieve both goals through more intensive management. For a few decades after World War Two, this “conspiracy of optimism” masked the fact that high levels of resource extraction were destroying forest ecosystems. The effects of intensive management—massive clear-cuts, polluted streams, declining wildlife populations, and marred scenery—initiated several decades of environmental conflict that continues to the present. Hirt documents the roots of this conflict and illuminates recent changes in administration and policy that suggest a hopeful future for federal lands.

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484

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U of Nebraska Press

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080327288X

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9780803272880

The Invisible God

The Earliest Christians on Art

By: Paul Corby Finney

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The Invisible God

The Earliest Christians on Art

By: Paul Corby Finney

This revisionist study challenges the received opinion that in its earliest manifestations Christianity was a form of religiosity opposed both on principle and in fact to the use of pictures. Paul Corby Finney argues that the well-known absence of Christian pictures before A.D. 200 is due to a complex interplay of social, economic, and political factors, and is not, as is commonly assumed, a result of an anti-image ideology. The book documents the origins of Christian art based on some of the oldest surviving Christian archaeological evidence, and it seeks to show how the Christian products conformed to the already-existing pagan types and models. This study will interest scholars and students in the fields of church history, ancient history, archaeology, art history, classics, and historical theology.

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350

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195113810

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9780195113815

Aspects of Quantum Theory

By: Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

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Aspects of Quantum Theory

By: Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

These twelve articles discuss aspects of quantum mechanics that owe their origin to the work of P. A. M. Dirac.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521086000

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9780521086004

The Wired Northwest

The History of Electric Power, 1870s–1970s

By: Paul W. Hirt

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The History of Electric Power, 1870s–1970s

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Good Day!

The Paul Harvey Story

By: Paul Batura

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Good Day!

The Paul Harvey Story

By: Paul Batura

Good Day! , the critically-acclaimed biography about the legendary Paul Harvey, is now in paperback! In this heartwarming book, author Paul J. Batura tells the all-American story of one of the best-known radio voices in history. From his humble beginnings to his unparalleled career of more than 50 years with ABC radio, Paul Harvey narrated America's story day by day, through wars and peace, through the threat of communism and the crumbling of old colonial powers, through consumer booms and eventual busts.

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Simon and Schuster

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1596982063

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9781596982062

The Time of My Life

By: Paul C. Hedberg,Randall Anderson

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The Time of My Life

By: Paul C. Hedberg,Randall Anderson

Biography of Paul C. Hedberg

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0985769750

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Paul

A Brief History

By: Robert Paul Seesengood

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Paul

A Brief History

By: Robert Paul Seesengood

Seesengood traces the life and impact of Paul – one of Christianity’s most influential figures – through the major periods Christian history. Exploring the changing interpretations of Paul and his work, the author throws new light on his writings and on religious history. Offers a unique, insightful journey through the many and varied interpretations of Paul’s life and work over 2,000 years – from the Gnostic controversy, to Luther and the Reformation, to contemporary debates over religion and science Explains Paul’s pivotal role within Christian history, and how his missionary journeys, canonized epistles and theological insights were cornerstones of the early Church and central to the formation of Christian doctrine Argues that each new interpretation of Paul is the result of a fresh set of cultural, social and ideological circumstances – and so questions whether it is ever possible to discover the real Paul

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Wiley-Blackwell

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1405178914

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9781405178914

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The Wired Northwest

The Wired Northwest

A Conspiracy of Optimism

A Conspiracy of Optimism

The Invisible God

The Invisible God

Aspects of Quantum Theory

Aspects of Quantum Theory

The Wired Northwest

The Wired Northwest

Good Day!

Good Day!

The Time of My Life

The Time of My Life

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