Power-lined : electricity, landscape, and the American mind /

Wuebben, Daniel L.,

Power-lined : electricity, landscape, and the American mind / Daniel L. Wuebben. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (xxiv, 236 pages).

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: 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.



9781496215987


Electrification--History.--United States
Electric lines--History.--United States
Electric power distribution--History.--United States
Landscape changes--History.--United States


Electronic Books.

HD9685 / .P694 2019