| Description |
1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Technology and European history series ; 2 |
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Technology and European history series ; 2.
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| Contents |
Electrifying Europe; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction In search of European roots; Chapter 2"Opening the doors to a revolution"; Chapter 3 Planning a European network, 1927-34; Chapter 4 (Re)Constructing regions, 1934-51; Chapter 5 Securing European cooperation, 1951-2001; Chapter 6 Conclusion From cooperation to competition; Sources and bibliography; Summary |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Electrification -- Europe -- History
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Electric power systems -- Europe -- History
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SCIENCE -- History.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General.
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Electric power systems
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Electrification
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789048521203 |
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9048521203 |
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1283259648 |
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9781283259644 |
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9786613259646 |
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6613259640 |
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