David E. Nye
Autor von Electrifying America: Social Meanings of a New Technology, 1880-1940
Über den Autor
David E. Nye (Ph.D. in American studies, University of Minnesota) is professor and chair at the Center for American Studies, Odense University, Denmark. Paul Brassley studied agricultural economics at the University of Newcastle and agricultural history at Oxford. He is senior lecturer in mehr anzeigen agricultural history and policy in the Seale-Hayne Faculty of the University of Plymouth. James Dickinson (Ph.D. in sociology, University of Toronto) teaches at Rider University. Jacob Wamberg (Ph.D. in art history, Copenhagen University) is assistant professor at the Institute of the History of Art, Aarhus University, Denmark. Tadeusz Rachwal is associate professor of English, University of Silesia, Poland. Stuart Kidd, until recently director of American Studies at the University of Reading, is now Warden of Bulmershe Hall. Christopher Bailey (B.A. in art history, University of East Anglia) is professor and head of the Department of Historical and Critical Studies, University of Northumbria. Stephen Mosley (Ph.D. in history, University of Lancaster) is a member of the history department, University of Birmingham, Westhill. Barbara Allen (architect, Columbia University; Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies, RPI) holds the Contractors Educational Trust Fund Chair in Architecture at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Mark Luccarelli (Ph.D. in American studies, University of Iowa) is associate professor in the Department of British and American Studies at the University of Oslo. Thomas Zeller (Ph.D. in history, Munich) is visiting assistant professor in the School of History, Technology and Society at Georgia Institute of Technology. He has also been a research associate in science and technology at the Deutsches Museum. Stephen Bending (Ph.D. in English, University of Cambridge) is a lecturer at the University of Southampton. Pia Maria Ahlback is a doctoral student and teacher at the department of English at Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. Peter Goin (M.F.A., University of Iowa) is professor of art in photography and video at the University of Nevada, Reno. Elizabeth Raymond (Ph.D. in American civilization, University of Pennsylvania) chairs the Department of History at the University of Nevada, Reno. weniger anzeigen
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Nye, David E.
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Nye, David Edwin
- Geburtstag
- 1946-06-11
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- male
- Geburtsort
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Amherst College (BA)
University of Minnesota (MA, PhD) - Berufe
- Hoogleraar geschiedenis en amerikanistiek
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- Syddansk Universitet Odense | Center for American Studies
American Studies Association
European Association of American Studies
Danish Association for American Studies
Nordic Association for American Studies
Society for the History of Technology
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There is a lot of fascinating detail here. Part of the argument of the book is that electricity didn't just replace the mechanical power of steam and flowing water. The greater flexibility of electric power allowed factories to take on new forms, and for manufacturing processes to be reorganized.
Another theme of the book was rather technical but still interesting. A challenge for power generation facilities still today is managing load fluctuations. Power companies would promote those uses of electricity that would help to reduce fluctuations. Electric trolley companies built or supported amusement parks at the ends of their lines, to increase traffic and electricity usage outside the normal business hours when load was greatest. Electric trolley companies would supply power to communities along their routes - that's another fun tidbit I picked up here.… (mehr)