Westport, CT Greenwood Press 1990 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 464 p. Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications,, 117.

ISBN10: 0313275122, ISBN13: 9780313275128, [publisher: Praeger] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 0313275122, ISBN13: 9780313275128, [publisher: ABC-Clio, Incorporated] Hardcover pp. 464 Index
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ISBN10: 0313275122, ISBN13: 9780313275128, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport] Hardcover Hardcover. Electricity has penetrated deeply into virtually every aspect of American life, be it in industry, the home, or in the rapidly growing commercial and service sectors. This book documents and analyzes the existence of a strong, and growing, synergy between technological progress and the use of electrified production techniques in the United States during the twentieth century. The authors use two types of information in their work: case studies of the ways in which technological progress in particular industries and economic sectors has depended upon the adoption of electrified methods of production and aggregative long-term national economic statistics that measure the changing relationship over time between increases in the use of electricity and other factor inputs and the growth in industrial productivity. Eleven of the book's thirteen chapters cover the case studies, while the remaining two chapters and the statistical appendix contain the broad quantitative findings and supporting data.In their analysis, the authors address three inter-related questions from a long-term evolutionary perspective: Why has electricity's share of total energy risen so sharply over the years? How has this rise been related to productivity growth? and Why has the rise in electricity led to long-term improvements in the efficiency of overall energy use despite the t ...
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ISBN10: 0313275122, ISBN13: 9780313275128, [publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Electricity has penetrated deeply into virtually every aspect of American life, be it in industry, the home, or in the rapidly growing commercial and service sectors. This book documents and analyzes the existence of a strong, and growing, synergy between technological progress and the use of electrified production techniques in the United States during the twentieth century. The authors use two types of information in their work: case studies of the ways in which technological progress in particular industries and economic sectors has depended upon the adoption of electrified methods of production and aggregative long-term national economic statistics that measure the changing relationship over time between increases in the use of electricity and other factor inputs and the growth in industrial productivity. Eleven of the book's thirteen chapters cover the case studies, while the remaining two chapters and the statistical appendix contain the broad quantitative findings and supporting data.In their analysis, the authors address three inter-related questions from a long-term evolutionary perspective: Why has electricity's share of total energy risen so sharply over the years How has this rise been related to productivity growth and Why has the rise in electricity led to long-term improvements in the efficiency of ov ...
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Praeger, Date: 1990-12-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1990. Praeger ISBN 0313275122 9780313275128 [US]