Global Electrification

by William J. Hausman, Peter Hertner, Mira Wilkins

Book Overview

This book examines how multinational enterprises and international finance influenced the course of electrification around the world. Multinational enterprises played a crucial role in the spread of electric light and power from the 1870s through the first three decades of the twentieth century. Their role did not persist, as over time they exited through "domestication" (buy-outs, confiscations, or other withdrawals), so that by 1978 multinational...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521880351
• ISBN13: 9780521880350
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"