03412oam 22005654a 450 991097283520332120240509032528.09781496215963149621596697814962159871496215982(CKB)4100000008095855(MiAaPQ)EBC5762223(OCoLC)1099525164(MdBmJHUP)muse72208(Perlego)4520082(EXLCZ)99410000000809585520181017d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPower-linedelectricity, landscape, and the American mind /Daniel L. Wuebben1st ed.Lincoln :University of Nebraska Press,[2019]Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2019©[2019]1 online resource (263 pages)9781496203663 1496203666 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: power-lined landscapes -- Wires in the garden, 1844-1882 -- New York's frontier lines and telegraph forests, 1882-1916 -- California's networks: wooden poles, lattice steel towers, and modernist pylons, 1907-1972 -- Public perceptions and power line battles, 1935-2013 -- Conclusion: the future of the power-lined landscape.The proliferation of electric communication and power networks have drawn wires through American landscapes like vines through untended gardens since 1844. But these wire networks are more than merely the tools and infrastructure required to send electric messages and power between distinct places; the iconic lines themselves send powerful messages. The wiry webs above our heads and the towers rhythmically striding along the horizon symbolize the ambiguous effects of widespread industrialization and the shifting values of electricity and landscape in the American mind. In Power-Lined Daniel L. Wuebben weaves together personal narrative, historical research, cultural analysis, and social science toprovide a sweeping investigation of the varied influenceof 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 bekey in progressing toward amore sustainable energy future. Landscape changesUnited StatesHistoryElectric power distributionUnited StatesHistoryElectric linesUnited StatesHistoryElectrificationUnited StatesHistoryLandscape changesHistory.Electric power distributionHistory.Electric linesHistory.ElectrificationHistory.333.793/20973Wuebben Daniel L.1808882MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910972835203321Power-lined4359371UNINA