agricultural modernisation
British Electrical Development Association
British Electricity Authority
Broadband Adoption
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Central Electricity Authority
Central Electricity Board
Central Electricity Generating Board
comparative electrification studies
energy access policy
Energy Sources
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Farm Electrification
Farm Yard
Frozen Food
Highland Scotland
historical rural electrification Britain
Kalmar County
Marketing Electricity
National Farm Survey
national grid history
Pe Rc
Public Electricity Supplies
Rural Areas
Rural Broadband
Rural Electrification
rural infrastructure development
rural technology adoption
Scotland Hydro-Electric Board
Superfast Broadband
Swedish Countryside
UK Consumption
UK Household
WI Member
Product details
- ISBN 9781472441270
- Weight: 650g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 05 Dec 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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It is now almost impossible to conceive of life in western Europe, either in the towns or the countryside, without a reliable mains electricity supply. By 1938, two-thirds of rural dwellings had been connected to a centrally generated supply, but the majority of farms in Britain were not linked to the mains until sometime between 1950 and 1970. Given the significance of electricity for modern life, the difficulties of supplying it to isolated communities, and the parallels with current discussions over the provision of high-speed broadband connections, it is surprising that until now there has been little academic discussion of this vast and protracted undertaking. This book fills that gap. It is divided into three parts. The first, on the progress of electrification, explores the timing and extent of electrification in rural England, Wales and Scotland; the second examines the effects of electrification on rural life and the rural landscape; and the third makes comparisons over space and time, looking at electrification in Canada and Sweden and comparing electrification with the current problems of rural broadband.
Paul Brassley is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute, University of Exeter.
Jeremy Burchardt is Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of Reading.
Karen Sayer is Professor of Social and Cultural History, Leeds Trinity University.
