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Author Wuebben, Daniel L., author.

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

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 236 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary "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-from Morse's telegraph to our high-voltage grid-not only carry electricity between American places but also create electrified spaces that signify and complicate notions of technology, nature, progress, and, most recently, renewable energy infrastructure. Power-Lined exposes the subtle influences wrought by the wiring of the nation and shows that, even in this age of wireless devices, perceptions of overhead lines may be key in progressing toward a more sustainable energy future."-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Electrification -- United States -- History.
Electrification.
United States.
History.
Electric lines -- United States -- History.
Electric lines.
Electric power distribution -- United States -- History.
Electric power distribution.
Landscape changes -- United States -- History.
Landscape changes.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
ISBN 9781496215987 (electronic book)
1496215982 (electronic book)
9781496203663
1496203666
9781496215963 (epub)
9781496215970 (mobi)