Power's Dominion: A Review of Recent Writings on Rivers and Hydroelectricity

Abstract

• Gaslights to Gigawatts: A Human History of BC Hydro and its Predecessor by BC Hydro Power Pioneers
• The Business of Power: Hydro-Electricity in Southeastern British Columbia, 1897-1997 by Jeremy Mouat
• Forests, Power, and Policy: The Legacy of Ray Williston by Eileen Williston
• Delusions of Power: Vanity, Folly and the Uncertain Future of Canada's Hydro Giants by Wayne Skene
• Transforming Power: The Politics of Electricity Planning by Aynsley Kellow
• The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River by Richard White