Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930

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Abstract

Awarded the Dexter Prize by the Society for the History of Technology, this book offers a comparative history of the evolution of modern electric power systems. It described large-scale technological change and demonstrates that technology cannot be understood unless placed in a cultural context.

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History of Science and Medicine Australian Indigenous Culture and History

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable cities and communities

Publication Details

Published in: The American Historical Review

Volume 89, Issue 2, pp. 406-406

DOI: 10.2307/1862567

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