Name: Electrical Conquest. New Approaches to the History of Electrification
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Author: Erik M Conway;W. Bernard Carlson
ISBN: 9783031445934

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Electrical Conquest. New Approaches to the History of Electrification

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Springer International Publishing AG

Author

Erik M Conway;W. Bernard Carlson

Collection

Archimedes

Year

2025

Pages

280

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.50 x 15.50 cm

ISBN13

9783031445934

Electrical Conquest. New Approaches to the History of Electrification

Erik M Conway;W. Bernard Carlson (Author) · Springer International Publishing AG · Paperback

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Synopsis "Electrical Conquest. New Approaches to the History of Electrification"

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.