The grid : biography of an American technology / Julie A. Cohn.
By: Cohn, Julie A [author.].
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, ©2017Description: xv, 320 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0262037173.Subject(s): Electric power distribution -- United States -- History | Electric power distribution | United StatesGenre/Form: History. | Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The birth of the grid, 1899 to 1918 -- Contests for control, 1918-1934 -- Balancing reliability and economy, 1930-1940 -- Power transformations on the home front, 1935-1950 -- Nuances of control in an increasingly interconnected world, 1945-1965 -- Drifting "lazily" into synchrony, from blackout to grid, 1965-1967 -- Reaching maturity : integration, security, advanced technologies, 1965-1990 -- Deregulation and disaggregation, a brief overview, 1980-2015.