When the Lights Went Out: A History of Blackouts in America.

摘要

David Nye provides us a much-needed historical review and cultural appraisal of "blackouts" in twentieth-century America, focused on the notable New York City experiences with the blackouts of 1965 and 1977 as well as the great Northeast blackout of 2003. Complementing his numerous earlier books on the presence of technologies in American culture, including his prizewinning Electrifying America: Social Meanings of a New Technology, 1880-1940 (1990), this book considers the punctuated absence of electricity.