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Electrifying the rural American West stories of power, people, and place

Electrifying the Rural American West provides a social and cultural history of rural electrification in the West. Using three case studies in Arizona, Leah S. Glaser details how, when examined from the local level, the process of electrification illustrates the impact of technology on places, economies, and lifestyles in the diverse communities and landscapes of the American West. As today's policy-makers advocate building more power lines as a tool to bring democracy to faraway places and "smart grids" to deliver renewable energy, they would do well to review the historical relationship of Americans with electronic power production, distribution, and regulation.

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