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The Electric City

Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880-1930

By: Harold L. Platt

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The Electric City

Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880-1930

By: Harold L. Platt

Describes consumers' shifting habits of fuel consumption, tracing how use of wood led to burning coal and coal gas, to the arrival, to the arrival of the arc lamp, and then the coming of electricity. Shows that the city government and utility brokers faced two problems: how to generate a cheap supply of electricity, and how to sell electrical energy to people who were already enjoying gas services. The solutions were found by Samuel Insull, president of Commonwealth Edison Company, who put electrical technology on a sound economic footing.

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432

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University of Chicago Press

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ISBN 10

0226670759

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9780226670751

Shock Cities

The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester and Chicago

By: Harold L. Platt

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Shock Cities

The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester and Chicago

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University of Chicago Press

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0226670767

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9780226670768

Shock Cities

The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester and Chicago

By: Harold L. Platt

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The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester and Chicago

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University of Chicago Press

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0226670767

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9780226670768

The Electric City

Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880-1930

By: Harold L. Platt

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The Electric City

Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880-1930

By: Harold L. Platt

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 a century in this first book-length history of energy use in the city.

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400

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

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ISBN 10

0226670783

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9780226670782

Building the Urban Environment

Visions of the Organic City in the United States, Europe, and Latin America

By: Harold L Platt

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Building the Urban Environment

Visions of the Organic City in the United States, Europe, and Latin America

By: Harold L Platt

History and critique of post-World War II urban planning explores its effects on the environment, race, labor, housing, and municipal administration.

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313

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Temple University Press

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1439912378

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9781439912379