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

Thomas Parke Hughes

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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.

Request Code
ZLIBIO1013139
Published
1993
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages
488
Language
English
Format
PDF
ISBN-13
9780801846144
ISBN-10
0801846145