Books in the Histoire de l'energie/History of Energy series

L'ouvrage retrace la naissance des formations d'ingenieurs electriciens, a partir de la fin du XIXe siecle, en Europe et sur le continent americain, en relation avec le developpement de l'industrie electrique et l'organisation des reseaux d'electricite dans les differents Etats. Il rassemble les contributions de 28 historiens portant sur 15 pays.

Electrification is a process which began almost 150 years ago but which more than one billion men and women still don't have access to. This book displays the social diversity of the electric worlds and of the approaches to their history. It updates the historical knowledge and shows the renewal of the historiography related to the electrical age.