LEADER 04024nam 22006372 450 001 9910461472203321 005 20210209181415.0 010 $a1-283-25964-8 010 $a9786613259646 010 $a90-485-2120-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9789048521203 035 $a(CKB)2670000000114384 035 $a(EBL)770949 035 $a(OCoLC)751962336 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000634582 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12178889 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000634582 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10640781 035 $a(PQKB)10990284 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC770949 035 $a(DE-B1597)517678 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789048521203 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9789048521203 035 $a(PPN)221723447 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL770949 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10498771 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL325964 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000114384 100 $a20210106d2008|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aElectrifying Europe $ethe power of Europe in the construction of electricity networks /$fVincent Lagendijk$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aAmsterdam :$cAksant,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (246 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 0 $aTechnology and European History 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021). 311 $a90-5260-309-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFront matter --$tAcknowledgements --$tTable of contents --$tList of illustrations --$tAbbreviations --$t1. Introduction In search of European roots --$t2. "Opening the doors to a revolution" --$t3. Planning a European network, 1927-34 --$t4. (Re)Constructing regions, 1934-51 --$t5. Securing European cooperation, 1951-2001 --$t6. Conclusion From cooperation to competition --$tSources and bibliography --$tSummary 330 $aNowadays most consumers are aware of the European dimensions of their electricity supply. But what ideas lie behind this European network? In constructing electricity networks, Europe performed a Janus-faced function. On the one hand, a European network would bolster economic growth and peace. On the other, economic growth through electrification would increase military potential. By combining a wide array of rarely used sources, this book unravels how engineers, industrialists, and policymakers used ideas of Europe to gain support for building a European system. By focusing on transnational and European actors, this book is a valuable addition to existing national histories of electrification. It is an original contribution to the history of technology, while also making the role of technology visible in more mainstream European history. The empirical chapters show how ideas of European cooperation in general became intertwined with network planning during the Interwar period, although the Depression and WWII prevented a European electricity network from being constructed. The subsequent chapters describe the influence of the Marshall Plan on European network-building, focusing on both its economic and military aspects. The last chapter portrays how the Iron Curtain was contested. The troubled expansion of networks and capacity in Western Europe provided an underpinning for political rapprochement with the East in the 1970s and 1980s. Political and economic turmoil after 1989 accelerated this process, leading to an interconnected European system by 1995. 410 0$aTechnology and European History Series, 2 606 $aElectrification$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aElectric power systems$zEurope$xHistory 615 0$aElectrification$xHistory. 615 0$aElectric power systems$xHistory. 676 $a333.7932094 700 $aLagendijk$b Vincent$01031196 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461472203321 996 $aElectrifying Europe$92448451 997 $aUNINA