The Great Energy Transition
America from 1876 to 1929
$122.01
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
28 April 2026
Summary
The era of reform. The Gilded Age. The Progressive Era. What historians often divide into discrete eras was one period of profound change: a massive, multipronged energy transition. Oil, gas, and electricity were woven into a culture that had to heal sectional differences after the Civil War, absorb an enormous influx of immigrants, shift from a rural to an urban society, and adopt a scientific understanding of nature.
Every job, business, house, and street underwent a transformation …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262052122 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262052121 |
| Author: | David E. Nye |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 28 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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REVIEWS
“A timely read for anyone seeking to understand how the grids and paths of our past continue to influence the social divides of our present” —Alexander B. Magoun for IEEE
ENDORSEMENTS
“A magisterial analysis of technological and social whirlwinds that still sway everyday life, this is the rare book that takes on major issues and does so well. This is truly a milestone book.”
—John R. Stilgoe, Harvard University; author of What Is Landscape? (MIT Press)
“With this book, the reader is in the hands of a master historian. Nye reminds us that energy transitions are a long game, and the kaleidoscopic era—1876 to 1929—echoes today.”
—Julie A. Cohn, Rice University; author of The Grid (MIT Press)
David E. Nye
David E. Nye received the Leonardo da Vinci Medal from the Society for the History of Technology in 2005. He is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Charles Babbage Institute, Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern Denmark, and author of 12 previous books with the MIT Press.
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