Electrifying Europe: The Power of Europe in the Construction of Electricity Networks
Nowadays most consumers are aware of the European dimensions of their electricity supply. But what ideas lie behind this European network? In constructing electricity networks, Europe performed a Janus-faced function. On the one hand, a European network would bolster economic growth and peace. On th...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Nowadays most consumers are aware of the European dimensions of their electricity supply. But what ideas lie behind this European network? In constructing electricity networks, Europe performed a Janus-faced function. On the one hand, a European network would bolster economic growth and peace. On the other, economic growth through electrification would increase military potential. By combining a wide array of rarely used sources, this book unravels how engineers, industrialists, and policymakers used ideas of Europe to gain support for building a European system. By focusing on transnational and European actors, this book is a valuable addition to existing national histories of electrification. It is an original contribution to the history of technology, while also making the role of technology visible in more mainstream European history. 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 a European electricity 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 how the Iron Curtain was contested. The troubled expansion of networks and capacity in Western Europe provided an underpinning for political rapprochement with the East in the 1970s and 1980s. Political and economic turmoil after 1989 accelerated this process, leading to an interconnected European system by 1995 |
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| spelling | Lagendijk, Vincent Verfasser aut Electrifying Europe The Power of Europe in the Construction of Electricity Networks Vincent Lagendijk, Kurt Vandaele, Dave Lyddon; Eric Venbrux Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2009] © 2008 1 online resource txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Technology and European History Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jan 2019) Nowadays most consumers are aware of the European dimensions of their electricity supply. But what ideas lie behind this European network? In constructing electricity networks, Europe performed a Janus-faced function. On the one hand, a European network would bolster economic growth and peace. On the other, economic growth through electrification would increase military potential. By combining a wide array of rarely used sources, this book unravels how engineers, industrialists, and policymakers used ideas of Europe to gain support for building a European system. By focusing on transnational and European actors, this book is a valuable addition to existing national histories of electrification. It is an original contribution to the history of technology, while also making the role of technology visible in more mainstream European history. 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 a European electricity 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 how the Iron Curtain was contested. The troubled expansion of networks and capacity in Western Europe provided an underpinning for political rapprochement with the East in the 1970s and 1980s. Political and economic turmoil after 1989 accelerated this process, leading to an interconnected European system by 1995 In English Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Electric industries Europe Electric networks Electric utilities Europe Electricity Netzwerk (DE-588)4171529-9 gnd rswk-swf Elektrizitätsversorgung (DE-588)4014224-3 gnd rswk-swf Elektrifizierung (DE-588)4135658-5 gnd rswk-swf Europa (DE-588)4015701-5 gnd rswk-swf 1\p (DE-588)4113937-9 Hochschulschrift gnd-content Europa (DE-588)4015701-5 g Elektrizitätsversorgung (DE-588)4014224-3 s Netzwerk (DE-588)4171529-9 s Geschichte z 2\p DE-604 Elektrifizierung (DE-588)4135658-5 s 3\p DE-604 Lyddon, Dave aut Venbrux, Eric edt https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048521203 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Lagendijk, Vincent Lyddon, Dave Electrifying Europe The Power of Europe in the Construction of Electricity Networks Electric industries Europe Electric networks Electric utilities Europe Electricity Netzwerk (DE-588)4171529-9 gnd Elektrizitätsversorgung (DE-588)4014224-3 gnd Elektrifizierung (DE-588)4135658-5 gnd |
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| title | Electrifying Europe The Power of Europe in the Construction of Electricity Networks |
| title_auth | Electrifying Europe The Power of Europe in the Construction of Electricity Networks |
| title_exact_search | Electrifying Europe The Power of Europe in the Construction of Electricity Networks |
| title_full | Electrifying Europe The Power of Europe in the Construction of Electricity Networks Vincent Lagendijk, Kurt Vandaele, Dave Lyddon; Eric Venbrux |
| title_fullStr | Electrifying Europe The Power of Europe in the Construction of Electricity Networks Vincent Lagendijk, Kurt Vandaele, Dave Lyddon; Eric Venbrux |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electrifying Europe The Power of Europe in the Construction of Electricity Networks Vincent Lagendijk, Kurt Vandaele, Dave Lyddon; Eric Venbrux |
| title_short | Electrifying Europe |
| title_sort | electrifying europe the power of europe in the construction of electricity networks |
| title_sub | The Power of Europe in the Construction of Electricity Networks |
| topic | Electric industries Europe Electric networks Electric utilities Europe Electricity Netzwerk (DE-588)4171529-9 gnd Elektrizitätsversorgung (DE-588)4014224-3 gnd Elektrifizierung (DE-588)4135658-5 gnd |
| topic_facet | Electric industries Europe Electric networks Electric utilities Europe Electricity Netzwerk Elektrizitätsversorgung Elektrifizierung Europa Hochschulschrift |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048521203 |
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