| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 39.1

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 39.1 | The History Cooperative

*Big Dams of the New Deal Era: A Confluence of Engineering and Politics*. By David P. Billington and Donald C. Jackson. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. xiv + 369 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $36.95.)
The hottest topic today in U. S. history seems to be environmental. And the American West, with its broad vistas, natural wonders, and outdoor lifestyle, is a logical focal point for such efforts. Water, of course, played a crucial role in this region's development and putting it to good use—especially through the construction of big dams—has a pivotal place in the area's past. The results of such structures—both good and bad—are integral to the rise of the modern West, and to major controversies in environmental history.	1
Recently there has been a spate of studies on water in the West, and Big Dams of the New Deal Era is a valuable addition to this growing body of publications. What makes the book unique is its integration of technological and engineering aspects of dam construction into the history of four regions in the West where New Deal dams significantly altered their future.	. . .

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