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Public versus private power during the Truman administration : a study of fair deal liberalism
- Title
- Public versus private power during the Truman administration : a study of fair deal liberalism / Phyllis Komarek de Luna.
- Author
- De Luna, Phyllis Komarek, 1927-
- Publication
- New York : Peter Lang, ©1997.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 253 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Public versus Private Power during the Truman Administration offers the first thorough historical analysis of one of the most contentious aspects of the Fair Deal - President Harry S. Truman's electric power policies. In 1948, Truman championed as part of his liberal program a major expansion of public power. De Luna shows how these plans were adulterated by a powerful combination of forces: the opposition of private power, discord among agencies and individuals in the executive branch, and a split in the Democratic Party. Forced to compromise on this important issue, the last Truman administration unwittingly helped usher in a more conservative period in American political life.
- Series Statement
- Modern American history, 1085-066 ; v. 1
- Uniform Title
- Modern American history (Peter Lang Publishing) ; v. 1.
- Subject
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
- 1945-1953
- Electric utilities > Government ownership > History. > United States
- Hydroelectric power plants > Government ownership > History. > United States
- Electric utilities > Government ownership
- Hydroelectric power plants > Government ownership
- Politics and government
- Energiewirtschaft
- Fair Deal
- Privateigentum
- Staatseigentum
- United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953
- United States
- USA
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-244) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The Progressive-New Deal Legacy -- 2. Public Power Liberalism, 1945-1948 -- 3. The Opening Battle: The Valley Authority Question -- 4. Major Campaigns: Steam Plants and Transmission Lines -- 5. Compromises and Unholy Alliances: The Southwest -- 6. Advances, Retreats and Holding Actions: The Southeast -- 7. Prizes to Be Won: The Remaining Choice Power Sites -- 8. War of Words: Efforts to Enunciate a Power Policy -- 9. Victory or Defeat: Tallying Up.
- ISBN
- 0820431443
- 9780820431444
- LCCN
- 96019238
- OCLC
- ocm34604296
- 34604296
- SCSB-796589
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library