Power-Lined : Electricity, Landscape, and the American Mind /

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"In Power-Lined, Daniel L. Wuebben weaves together personal narrative, historical research, cultural analysis, and social science to provide a sweeping investigation of the varied influence of overhead wires on the American landscape and the American mind. Wuebben shows that overhead wires--fro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wuebben, Daniel L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Landscape changes.
Electrification.
Electric power distribution.
Electric lines.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > Electrical.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Paysages > Modifications > États-Unis > Histoire.
Électrification > États-Unis > Histoire.
Landscape changes > United States > History.
Electric power distribution > United States > History.
Electric lines > United States > History.
Electrification > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: power-lined landscapes
  • Wires in the garden, 1844-1882
  • New York's frontier lines and telegraph forests, 1882-1916
  • California's wood poles, steel towers, and modernist pylons, 1907-1972
  • Public perceptions and power line battles, 1935-2013
  • Conclusion: the future of the power-lined landscape.

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