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No symbol of progress in our century is more galvanizing than electricity--electric power and the technology it has spawned. The "invisible world" of electric energy that was emerging at the turn of the century is one we take for granted, but its influence on the growth and quality of city life was, and remains, profound. Using Chicago as a test case, Harold L. Platt investigates the emergence of an urban-based, energy-intensive society over the course of half a century in this first book-length history of energy use in the city.
| List of Illustrations | |
| List of Tables | |
| Preface | |
| The Energy Revolution in the City, 1880-1898 | |
| Introduction: The Search for Better Lighting, 1848-1880 | |
| The City That Coal Built | |
| The Gaslight Era | |
| The Origins of the Electrical Revolution | |
| The Battle of the Lighting Systems, 1880-1893 | |
| The Fight for the Central Business District | |
| The Introduction of the Arc Lamp | |
| The Coming of the Edison System | |
| The Crisis of Urban Politics, 1880-1893 | |
| The Corruption of Government-Business Relations | |
| The Consolidation of Corporate Power | |
| The Rise of Samuel Insull, 1893-1898 | |
| The Culture of Technology | |
| The Perils of Progress | |
| The Economics of "Natural" Monopoly | |
| The Gospel of Consumption | |
| Metropolitan Webs of Power, 1898-1914 | |
| The "Massing of Production," 1898-1908 Building a Sales Campaign Building the Load Building a Political Consensus | |
| The Electric City, 1902-1912 Electricity Comes to the Neighborhood Electricity Comes to the Urban Fringe Electricity Comes into the Home | |
| The Suburban Matrix of Energy, 1902-1914 Electricity Comes to Main Street Metropolitan Connections Regional Networks A Regional Community of Energy Consumers | |
| The Integration of a Region, 1914-1932 | |
| The Energy Crisis and the Birth of the Machine Age, 1914-1919 "This Is War" "Mechanization Takes Command" "Diversify, Fertilize, Motorize, Specialize" "A Gold-Plated Anarchist" | |
| The Emergence of an Energy-Intensive Society, 1919-1928 "How Long Should a Wife Live?" "Where Will You Rear Your Children?" "How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?" | |
| A Ubiquitous World of Energy | |
| Notes | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9780226670751
ISBN-10: 0226670759
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 423
Published: 9th April 1991
Dimensions (cm): 23.6 x 16.0
x 3.3
Weight (kg): 0.85
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