Thomas Parker Hughes

Broschiertes Buch

Networks of Power

Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930 (Revised)

Beschreibung

Awarded the Dexter Prize by the Society for the History of Technology, this book offers a comparative history of the evolution of modern electric power systems. It described large-scale technological change and demonstrates that technology cannot be understood unless placed in a cultural context.

Autor

Thomas P. Hughes is professor of the history of modern science and technology at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His books include Changing Attitudes toward American Technology and Elmer Sperry, Inventor and Engineer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 492
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1225g
• ISBN-13: 9780801846144
• ISBN-10: 0801846145
• Artikelnr.: 21377335