Alternating Currents : : Nationalized Power in France, 1946-1970 / / Robert Frost.
Examining the historical trajectory of France's bold experiment in nationalizing all electrical power services, Alternating Currents offers the fullest history of Electricité de France (EDF) available in any language. EDF, which was established in 1946, was intended to give France both the rela...
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Frost, Robert, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Alternating Currents : Nationalized Power in France, 1946-1970 / Robert Frost. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019] ©1991 1 online resource (288 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations Used in the Text -- Introduction -- 1. Prelude to a Nationalization -- 2. The Politics of Nationalizing Electricity -- 3. The French State and EDF's Corporate Culture, 1946-1934 -- 4. The Relations of Production: EDF Managers and French Political Economy -- 5. The Means of Production: Technological Choice at EDF -- 6. The Forces of Production: Work and Work Life at EDF, 1934-1970 -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Selected Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Examining the historical trajectory of France's bold experiment in nationalizing all electrical power services, Alternating Currents offers the fullest history of Electricité de France (EDF) available in any language. EDF, which was established in 1946, was intended to give France both the relatively inexpensive infrastructure considered necessary for rapid economic growth and the institutional framework for a more egalitarian social structure in which workers would play a more decisive role in social and economic decision making. As Robert Frost demonstrates, EDF was spectacularly successful in meeting its technological and economic goals, but failed to fulfill the social and political vision of its founders. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) History Of Technology. History. Technology & Engineering / Electrical. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 9783110536171 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501734748 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501734748 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501734748/original |
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