Networks of Power by Thomas Parker Hughes
Awarded the Dexter Prize by the Society for the History of Technology A unique comparative history of the evolution of modern electric power systems, Networks of Power not only provides an accurate representation of large-scale technological change but also demonstrates that technology itself cannot be understood or directed unless placed in a cultural context. For Thomas Highes, both the invention of the simplest devices (like the lightbuld itself) and the execution of the grandest schemes (such as harnessing the water power of the Bavarian Alps) fit into an overaching model of technological devleopment. His narrative is an absorbing account of the creative genius, scientific achievements, engineering capabilities, managerial skills, and entrepreneurial risks behind one of the most commonplace amenities of the modern age.
An exciting, major contribution to the field of history, for it establishes very convincingly that the growth of.. power networks is as intrinsic to and characteristic of modern society as the growth of manorialism was to medieval society. American Historical Review How the West was wired. Times Literary Supplement
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801846144 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801846145 |
| Title | Networks of Power |
| Author | Thomas Parker Hughes |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Year published | 1993-04-26 |
| Number of pages | 488 |
| Prizes | Winner of Dexter Prize for an Outstanding Book on the History of Technology 1984 (United States) |
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