Electrifying Europe : the power of Europe in the construction of electricity networks / Vincent Lagendijk.
Combining a wide array of rarely used sources, this book unravels how engineers, industrialists, and policymakers gained support for building an interconnected European system, achieved by 1995. The empirical chapters show how ideas of European cooperation in general became intertwined with network...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Aksant,
2008.
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| Series: | Technology and European history series ;
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| Summary: | Combining a wide array of rarely used sources, this book unravels how engineers, industrialists, and policymakers gained support for building an interconnected European system, achieved by 1995. The empirical chapters show how ideas of European cooperation in general became intertwined with network planning during the Interwar period, although the Depression and WWII prevented an European network from being constructed. The subsequent chapters describe the influence of the Marshall Plan on European network-building, focusing on both its economic and military aspects. The last chapter portrays. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789048521203 9048521203 1283259648 9781283259644 9786613259646 6613259640 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |