LEADER 03839nam 22006614a 450 001 9910777771803321 005 20230207224837.0 010 $a1-281-72297-9 010 $a9786611722975 010 $a0-300-13382-0 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300133820 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472082 035 $a(EBL)3419855 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000165754 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11177098 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000165754 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10147197 035 $a(PQKB)11376818 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157731 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419855 035 $a(DE-B1597)485213 035 $a(OCoLC)1024005383 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300133820 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419855 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167904 035 $a(OCoLC)923587813 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472082 100 $a20010123d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe grid and the village$b[electronic resource] $elosing electricity, finding community, surviving disaster /$fStephen Doheny-Farina 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-300-08977-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tcontents --$tpreface trading tales --$tone. from accidents to disaster --$ttwo .origins of a grid, part 1 --$tthree. the grid crumbles --$tfour. origins of a grid, part 2 --$tfive. the grid rebuilt --$tsix. the grid and the village --$tafterword a disaster timeline --$tnotes --$tindex 330 $aIn January 1998 a massive ice storm descended on New York, New England, and eastern Canada. It crushed power grids from the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic, forcing thousands of people into public shelters and leaving millions of others in their homes without electricity. In this riveting book Stephen Doheny-Farina presents an insider's account of these events, describing the destruction of the electric network in his own village and the emergence of the face-to-face interactions that took its place. His stories examine the impact of electronic communications on community, illuminating the relationship between electronic and human connections and between networks and neighborhoods, and exploring why and how media portrayals of disasters can distort authentic experience. Doheny-Farina begins by discussing the disaster and tracing the origins of the storm. He then goes back two hundred years to tell how this particular electric grid was built, showing us the sacrifices people made to create the grids that (usually) connect us to one another. Today's power grid, says Doheny-Farina, has become more vulnerable than we realize, as demand begins to outstrip capacity in urban centers around the nation. His book reminds us what those grids mean-both positively and negatively-to our electronically saturated lives. 606 $aElectric power distribution$zNew York (State)$xCold weather conditions 606 $aElectric power failures$xSocial aspects$zNew York (State)$zPotsdam Region$vCase studies 606 $aIce storms$zNew York (State)$zSaint Lawrence County$xHistory 607 $aPotsdam Region (N.Y.)$xSocial life and customs$y20th century 615 0$aElectric power distribution$xCold weather conditions. 615 0$aElectric power failures$xSocial aspects 615 0$aIce storms$xHistory. 676 $a363.34/92 686 $aZN 8500$2rvk 700 $aDoheny-Farina$b Stephen$01547157 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777771803321 996 $aThe grid and the village$93803292 997 $aUNINA