| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 36.4

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 36.4 | The History Cooperative

*Fish versus Power: An Environmental History of the Fraser River*. By Matthew W. Evenden. (Cambridge, ENG: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xvii + 309 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $65.00.)
This environmental history takes a classic institutional approach to a classic theme in the political economy of the modern world: the politics of development. However, whereas the typical research question asked is: "What is driving development?" Matt Evenden asks, instead: "What is constraining development?" He turns to the area of hydroelectric development for his answers. What interests him is the politics of large rivers.	1
Hydroelectric dams and power stations were widely regarded as the consummate icon of twentieth-century modernity. In the 1930s, a large multi-purpose concrete dam like Hoover was a symbol of American ingenuity and modernity, and signaled revival for a depression-affected economy. Demonstrating that Man could beneficially alter and control his environment, the dam proved to be a catalyst for the growth of the American West.	. . .

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