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008			170309s2017 pau ob 001 0 eng c
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050	0	4	_aHD9685 _b.W446 2017
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aFrench, Daniel _c(Historian), _e1
245	1	0	_aWhen they hid the fire : _ba history of electricity and invisible energy in America / _cDaniel French.
260			_aPittsburgh, Pa. : _bUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, _c(c)2017.
300			_a1 online resource (1 PDF (xi, 250 pages).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aIntersections: environment, science, technology
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505	0	0	_aPreface -- _tIntroduction -- _t1. English roots, utopia found and lost -- _t2. The energy revolution and the ascendancy of coal -- _t3. The conundrum of smoke and visible energy -- _t4. Technology and energy in the abstract -- _t5. Of fluids, fields, and wizards -- _t6. Energy, utopia, and the American mind -- _t7. Turbines, coal, and convenience -- _tConclusion.
520	0		_aWhen They Hid the Fire examines the American social perceptions of electricity as an energy technology that were adopted between the mid-nineteenth and early decades of the twentieth centuries. Arguing that both technical and cultural factors played a role, Daniel French shows how electricity became an invisible and abstract form of energy in American society. As technological advancements allowed for an increasing physical distance between power generation and power consumption, the commodity of electricity became consciously detached from the environmentally destructive fire and coal that produced it. This development, along with cultural forces, led the public to define electricity as mysterious, utopian, and an alternative to nearby fire-based energy sources. With its adoption occurring simultaneously with Progressivism and consumerism, electricity use was encouraged and seen as an integral part of improvement and modernity, leading Americans to culturally construct electricity as unlimited and environmentally inconsequential--a newfound "basic right" of life in the United States.
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650		0	_aElectric utilities _zUnited States _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell