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Electrical Conquest : New Approaches to the History of Electrification

2023 ed.

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series Archimedes
ISBN-10 3031445902
ISBN-13 9783031445903
Edition 2023 ed.
Publisher Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Jan 9th, 2024
Print length 280 Pages
Product Classification: Electrical power industries Philosophy of science History of science Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism Electrical engineering
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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.

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