When they hid the fire [[electronic resource] ] : a history of electricity and invisible energy in America / / Daniel French
| When they hid the fire [[electronic resource] ] : a history of electricity and invisible energy in America / / Daniel French |
| Autore | French Dan (Historian) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 pages) |
| Disciplina | 333.79320973 |
| Collana | Intersections: environment, science, technology |
| Soggetto topico | Electric utilities - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN | 0-8229-8193-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction -- 1. English roots, utopia found and lost -- 2. The energy revolution and the ascendancy of coal -- 3. The conundrum of smoke and visible energy -- 4. Technology and energy in the abstract -- 5. Of fluids, fields, and wizards -- 6. Energy, utopia, and the American mind -- 7. Turbines, coal, and convenience -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792896203321 |
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| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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When they hid the fire : a history of electricity and invisible energy in America / / Daniel French
| When they hid the fire : a history of electricity and invisible energy in America / / Daniel French |
| Autore | French Dan (Historian) |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 pages) |
| Disciplina |
333.79320973
333.7932 |
| Collana | Intersections: environment, science, technology |
| Soggetto topico | Electric utilities - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN |
9780822981930
0822981939 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction -- 1. English roots, utopia found and lost -- 2. The energy revolution and the ascendancy of coal -- 3. The conundrum of smoke and visible energy -- 4. Technology and energy in the abstract -- 5. Of fluids, fields, and wizards -- 6. Energy, utopia, and the American mind -- 7. Turbines, coal, and convenience -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910954293503321 |
French Dan (Historian)
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| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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