Power-lined : electricity, landscape, and the American mind

Power-lined : electricity, landscape, and the American mind / Daniel L. Wuebben.

"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wuebben, Daniel L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Electrification > United States > History.
Electric lines > United States > History.
Electric power distribution > United States > History.
Landscape changes > United States > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > Electrical.
Electric lines
Electric power distribution
Electrification
Landscape changes
United States
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • 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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