Wind Energy in America: A History

By Robert W. Righter

Book Overview

Relates the history of the efforts to capture the power of wind for electricity, from the first European windmills to California's wind farms of the late 20th-century, examining inventors and technical innovations as well as the politics of the power industry. Describes individual and small-business

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806128127
• ISBN13: 9780806128122
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.3"