Transforming the Countryside: The Electrification of Rural Britain - Paperback

by Paul Brassley (Editor), Jeremy Burchardt (Editor), Karen Sayer (Editor)

This edited collection of essays shows how new electrical technology changed rural life in Britain in the twentieth century, drawing comparisons with other countries and periods. It is concerned not only with the changing availability and different forms of electrical supplies to various parts of the country, but also with the effects of electrific

Author Biography

Paul Brassley is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute, University of Exeter.

Jeremy Burchardt is Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of Reading.

Karen Sayer is Professor of Social and Cultural History, Leeds Trinity University.