When the lights went out : a history of blackouts in America
Nye, David E., 1946-2013
Books, Manuscripts
David Nye views power outages in America from 1935 to the present not simply as technical failures but variously as military tactic, social disruption, crisis in the networked city, outcome of political and economic decisions, sudden encounter with sublimity, and memories enshrined in photographs.
Main title:
When the lights went out : a history of blackouts in America / David E. Nye.
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Imprint:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2013.
Collation:
292 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2010.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780262525077 (pbk)
Dewey class:
333.793
Language:
English
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BRN:
2003351