Routes of Power Energy and Modern America

Name: Routes of Power Energy and Modern America
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ISBN: 9780674728899

ISBN-10: 0674728890

ISBN-13: 9780674728899

Edition: 2014

Authors: Christopher F. Jones

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The fossil fuel revolution is usually rendered as a tale of historic advances in energy production. In this perspective-changing account, Christopher F. Jones instead tells a story of advances in energy access--canals, pipelines, and wires that delivered power in unprecedented quantities to cities and factories at a great distance from production sites. He shows that in the American mid-Atlantic region between 1820 and 1930, the construction of elaborate transportation networks for coal, oil, and electricity unlocked remarkable urban and industrial growth along the eastern seaboard. But this new transportation infrastructure did not simply satisfy existing consumer demand--it also whetted…

Book details

List price: $43.50
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 4/7/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Christopher F. Jones is Assistant Professor of History in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University.