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Electrical conquestnew approaches to the history of electrification /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Electrical conquestedited by W. Bernard Carlson, Erik M Conway.
Reminder of title:	new approaches to the history of electrification /
other author:	Carlson, W. Bernard.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2023.
Description:	ix, 280 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	ElectrificationHistory.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44591-0
ISBN:	9783031445910$q(electronic bk.)

Electrical conquestnew approaches to the history of electrification /
Electrical conquestnew approaches to the history of electrification /[electronic resource] :edited by W. Bernard Carlson, Erik M Conway. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2023. - ix, 280 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Archimedes, new studies in the history and philosophy of science and technology,v. 672215-0064 ;. - Archimedes, new studies in the history and philosophy of science and technology ;28..

Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Model for Heterogeneous Energy Transitions -- Chapter 3. Surveying the Landscape: The Oil Industry and Alternative Energy in the 1970s -- Chapter 4. We Have No Niagara": Electrifying the "Britain of the South -- Chapter 5. Formation and Transformations of the Cuban Electric Company/Unión Eléctrica, 1920s-1980s -- Chapter 6. Between Material Dependencies, Natural Commons and Politics of Electrical Transitions: The State as Networks of Power in Greece, 1940-2010 -- Chapter 7. Large-scale Renewables and Infrastructure Gatekeepers: How Local Actors Shaped the Texas Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) Initiative -- Chapter 8. Co-ops Against Castroism: USAID and the Electrification of the Global Countryside -- Chapter 9. Vehicle-to-Grid, Regulated Deregulation, and the Energy Conversion Imaginary.

This book, drawing on fresh scholarship, investigates electrification in new places and across different time periods. While much of our understanding of electrification as a historical process is based on the seminal work done by Thomas P. Hughes in Networks of Power (1983), the scholars in this volume expand and revise Hughes' systems approach to suggest that electrification is a heterogeneous and contingent process. Moreover, the contributors suggest that the conquest of the world by electricity remains incomplete despite more than a century elapsing. Above all, though, this book provides context for thinking about what lies ahead as humans continue their conquest of the earth through electricity. As we become increasingly dependent on electricity to power our lights, heat and cool our homes, turn the wheels of industry, and keep our information systems humming, so we are ever more vulnerable when the grid runs into trouble. Chapter "Surveying the Landscape: The Oil Industry and Alternative Energy in the 1970s" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

ISBN: 9783031445910$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-44591-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

965998
Electrification
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LC Class. No.: TK1005

Dewey Class. No.: 621.3109

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