Electrifying Mexico : technology and the transformation of a modern city

Diana J. Montaño

Introduction -- Part I. Sensing the beautiful stranger -- Exhibiting the electric city -- Part II. Trapped under the wheels of modernity -- Ladrones de luz: a scripted electricscape, 1901-1918 -- Part III. Becoming electro-domésticas: electrical appliances, maids, and middle-class domesticity, 1930s-1950s -- The people, their electricscape, and the vanguard of labor, 1930s-1960 -- Conclusion. ¡La electricidad es nuestra! (electricity is ours!).

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Year of publication:	2021 ; First edition
Authors:	Montaño, Diana J.
Publisher:	Austin : University of Texas Press
Subject:	Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change \| Soziale Lage \| Social situation \| Elektrizität \| Electricity \| Elektrizitätsversorgung \| Electricity supply \| Geschichte \| History \| Mexiko \| Mexico
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	xiv, 373 Seiten Illustrationen
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-1-4773-2345-8 ; 978-1-4773-2346-5 ; 978-1-4773-2347-2
Other identifiers:	10.7560/323458 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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