The Grid
Biography of an American Technology
$87.63
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
22 December 2017
Summary
The history of the grid, the world’s largest interconnected power machine that is North America’s electricity infrastructure.The North American power grid has been called the world’s largest machine. The grid connects nearly every living soul on the continent; Americans rely utterly on the miracle of electrification. In this book, Julie Cohn tells the history of the grid, from early linkages in the 1890s through the grid’s maturity as a networked infrastructure in the 1980s. She focuses on th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262537407 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262537400 |
| Author: | Julie A. Cohn |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 22 December 2017 |
| Weight: | 468g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 14mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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The argument has much to offer a variety of fields including the history of science and technology, the history of electricity, the history of energy, and environmental history. Furthermore, its implications are relevant and important for consideration alongside contemporary energy policy discussions.
—Environmental HistoryAbout The Author
Julie A. Cohn
Julie A. Cohn is Research Historian at the Center for Public History at the University of Houston.
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