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The Electric City: Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880-1930
Harold L. Platt
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| #1884475 in Books | 1991-04-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 1.30 x6.36 x9.32l,1.85 | File type: PDF | 400 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A Rather Academic Study|By A Florida Reader|This book is a history of the electrification of the city of Chicago. It is not a narrative history, rather it is a more scholarly (dry!) work with lots of tables and charts. Still, it's an interesting series of events I wasn't aware of. Starting in the more downtown areas and moving towards the suburbs, numerous small companies were|About the Author|
Harold L. Platt is professor of history at Loyola University of Chicago.|
No symbol of progress in our century is more galvanizing than electricity—electric power and the technology it has spawned. The "invisible world" of electric energy that was emerging at the turn of the century is one we take for granted, but its influence on the growth and quality of city life was, and remains, profound. Using Chicago as a test case, Harold L. Platt investigates the emergence of an urban-based, energy-intensive society over the course of half ...
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