LEADER 04253nam 22006975 450 001 9910799237503321 005 20251009080447.0 010 $a9783031445910 010 $a3031445910 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-44591-0 035 $a(CKB)29551277300041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31060355 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31060355 035 $a(OCoLC)1419055325 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-44591-0 035 $a(EXLCZ)9929551277300041 100 $a20240108d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aElectrical Conquest $eNew Approaches to the History of Electrification /$fedited by W. Bernard Carlson, Erik M Conway 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (282 pages) 225 1 $aArchimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology,$x2215-0064 ;$v67 311 08$a9783031445903 327 $aAcknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Model for Heterogeneous Energy Transitions -- Chapter 3. Surveying the Landscape: The Oil Industry and Alternative Energy in the 1970s -- Chapter 4. We Have No Niagara?: Electrifying the ?Britain of the South -- Chapter 5. Formation and Transformations of the Cuban Electric Company/Unión Eléctrica, 1920s-1980s -- Chapter 6. Between Material Dependencies, Natural Commons and Politics of Electrical Transitions: The State as Networks of Power in Greece, 1940-2010 -- Chapter 7. Large-scale Renewables and Infrastructure Gatekeepers: How Local Actors Shaped the Texas Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) Initiative -- Chapter 8. Co-ops Against Castroism: USAID and the Electrification of the Global Countryside -- Chapter 9. Vehicle-to-Grid, Regulated Deregulation, and the Energy Conversion Imaginary. . 330 $aThis book, drawing on fresh scholarship, investigates electrification in new places and across different time periods. While much of our understanding of electrification as a historical process is based on the seminal work done by Thomas P. Hughes in Networks of Power (1983), the scholars in this volume expand and revise Hughes? systems approach to suggest that electrification is a heterogeneous and contingent process. Moreover, the contributors suggest that the conquest of the world by electricity remains incomplete despite more than a century elapsing. Above all, though, this book provides context for thinking about what lies ahead as humans continue their conquest of the earth through electricity. As we become increasingly dependent on electricity to power our lights, heat and cool our homes, turn the wheels of industry, and keep our information systems humming, so we are ever more vulnerable when the grid runs into trouble. Chapter "Surveying the Landscape: The Oil Industry and Alternative Energy in the 1970s" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. 410 0$aArchimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology,$x2215-0064 ;$v67 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aTechnology$xPhilosophy 606 $aPower electronics 606 $aElectric power distribution 606 $aElectric machinery 606 $aHistory of Science 606 $aPhilosophy of Technology 606 $aPower Electronics 606 $aEnergy Grids and Networks 606 $aElectrical Machines 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aTechnology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPower electronics. 615 0$aElectric power distribution. 615 0$aElectric machinery. 615 14$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Technology. 615 24$aPower Electronics. 615 24$aEnergy Grids and Networks. 615 24$aElectrical Machines. 676 $a509 700 $aCarlson$b W. Bernard$01106781 701 $aConway$b Erik M$0927110 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910799237503321 996 $aElectrical Conquest$93871227 997 $aUNINA