LEADER 03412oam 22005654a 450 001 9910972835203321 005 20240509032528.0 010 $a9781496215963 010 $a1496215966 010 $a9781496215987 010 $a1496215982 035 $a(CKB)4100000008095855 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5762223 035 $a(OCoLC)1099525164 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse72208 035 $a(Perlego)4520082 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008095855 100 $a20181017d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPower-lined$eelectricity, landscape, and the American mind /$fDaniel L. Wuebben 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLincoln :$cUniversity of Nebraska Press,$d[2019] 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2019 210 4$dİ[2019] 215 $a1 online resource (263 pages) 311 08$a9781496203663 311 08$a1496203666 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 8 $aThe 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. 606 $aLandscape changes$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aElectric power distribution$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aElectric lines$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aElectrification$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aLandscape changes$xHistory. 615 0$aElectric power distribution$xHistory. 615 0$aElectric lines$xHistory. 615 0$aElectrification$xHistory. 676 $a333.793/20973 700 $aWuebben$b Daniel L.$01808882 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972835203321 996 $aPower-lined$94359371 997 $aUNINA