| Description |
1 online resource (264 pages) |
| Series |
Rural Worlds: Economic, Social and Cultural Histories of Agricultures and Rural Societies |
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Rural worlds.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I The progress of electrification; 2 The electrification of the countryside: the interests of electrical enterprises and the rural population in England, 1888-1939; 3 Power to the people: power stations and the national grid; 4 Lighting the landscape: rural electrification in Wales; 5 The electrification of Highland Scotland; 6 Electrifying farms in England; Part II The effects of electrification; 7 Electrification and its alternatives in the farmer's and labourer's home |
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8 Pylons and frozen peas: the Women's Institute goes electricPart III Comparisons over space and time; 9 Rural electrification in Sweden: a comparison; 10 People, place and power: rural electrification in Canada, 1890-1950; 11 Rural broadband: a twenty-first-century comparison with electrification; 12 Conclusion: electricity, rurality and modernity; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Burchardt, Jeremy
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Sayer, Karen
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| ISBN |
9781317007517 |
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1317007514 |
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