When They Hid the Fire: A History of Electricity and Invisible Energy in America
(Part of the Intersections: Histories of Environment, Science, and Technology in the Anthropocene Series)
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When They Hid the Fire examines the American social perceptions of electricity as an energy technology that were adopted between the mid-nineteenth and early decades of the twentieth centuries. Arguing that both technical and cultural factors played a role, Daniel French shows how electricity became an invisible and abstract form of energy in American society. As technological advancements allowed for an increasing physical distance between...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822964252
ISBN13:9780822964254
Release Date:November 2016
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"
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