{"product_id":"allied-power-matthew-evenden-9781442648500","title":"Allied Power: Mobilizing Hydro-Electricity During Canada's Second World War","description":"\u003cp\u003eCanada emerged from the Second World War as a hydro-electric superpower. Only the United States generated more hydro power than Canada and only Norway generated more per capita. \u003cem\u003eAllied Power\u003c\/em\u003e is about how this came to be: the mobilization of Canadian hydro-electricity during the war and the impact of that wartime expansion on Canada's power systems, rivers, and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Evenden argues that the wartime power crisis facilitated an unprecedented expansion of state control over hydro-electric development, boosting the country's generating capacity and making an important material contribution to the Allied war effort at the same time as it exacerbated regional disparities, transformed rivers through dam construction, and changed public attitudes to electricity though power conservation programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn important contribution to the political, environmental, and economic history of wartime Canada, \u003cem\u003eAllied Power\u003c\/em\u003e is an innovative examination of a little-known aspect of Canada's Second World War experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Evenden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442648503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442648500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.80d","brand":"Matthew Evenden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47036580626687,"sku":"9781442648500","price":91.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_544a9887-58ca-4ac1-8ca8-30a657c9bbd1.jpg?v=1752638008","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/allied-power-matthew-evenden-9781442648500","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}