David E. Nye

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David E. Nye



David E. Nye is Professor of American History at the University of Southern Denmark. The winner of the 2005 Leonardo da Vinci Medal of the Society for the History of Technology, he is the author of Image Worlds: Corporate Identities at General Electric, 1890-1930 (1985), Electrifying America: Social Meanings of a New Technology, 1880-1940 (1990), American Technological Sublime (1994), Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies (1997), America as Second Creation: Technology and Narratives of New Beginnings (2003), and Technology Matters: Questions to Live With (2006) published by the MIT Press.

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Technology Matters: Questio...

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Electrifying America: Socia...

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American Technological Sublime

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Consuming Power: A Social H...

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America's Assembly Line

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When the Lights Went Out: A...

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America as Second Creation:...

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Narratives and Spaces

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Image Worlds: Corporate Ide...

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American Illuminations: Urb...

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“An average horse can produce only about half a horsepower for any extended period.”
David E. Nye, Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies



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