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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Engrossing, unique, comprehensive, and "reader friendly"
Robert Durden's Electrifying The Piedmont Carolinas: The Duke Power Company, 1904-1997 is the inside story of how industrialization in the form of the Duke Power Company changed the Piedmont Carolinas from a poverty-stricken land into a popular and economically successful place. One J. B. Duke speculated that hydroelectric power would bring textile industries to the rural...
Published on October 13, 2001 by Midwest Book Review
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A bit scholarly....
Lots of data, but perhaps too much. The book did an OK job of giving the history of the Duke Power Company, but leaned, in my opinion, a little too heavily on stats from the annual reports. It made for dry reading from time to time. I would be interested in seeing a follow-up from 1997-2007. For a piece of this puzzle, check out "Continental...
Published on September 9, 2007 by Michael D. Dionne
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Engrossing, unique, comprehensive, and "reader friendly",
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Electrifyng the Piedmont Carolinas: The Duke Power Company, 1904-1997 (Hardcover)
Robert Durden's Electrifying The Piedmont Carolinas: The Duke Power Company, 1904-1997 is the inside story of how industrialization in the form of the Duke Power Company changed the Piedmont Carolinas from a poverty-stricken land into a popular and economically successful place. One J. B. Duke speculated that hydroelectric power would bring textile industries to the rural south and recharge the local economy; the rest is economic history. Electrifying The Piedmont Carolinas is an engrossing, unique, comprehensive, "reader friendly", and highly recommended regional American history that spans nearly all of the 20th century.
3.0 out of 5 stars
A bit scholarly....,
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This review is from: Electrifyng the Piedmont Carolinas: The Duke Power Company, 1904-1997 (Hardcover)
Lots of data, but perhaps too much. The book did an OK job of giving the history of the Duke Power Company, but leaned, in my opinion, a little too heavily on stats from the annual reports. It made for dry reading from time to time.
I would be interested in seeing a follow-up from 1997-2007. For a piece of this puzzle, check out "Continental Reach: The Westcoast Energy Story" by Peter C. Newman. Duke acquired Westcoast in 2001. |
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Electrifyng the Piedmont Carolinas: The Duke Power Company, 1904-1997 by Robert Franklin Durden (Hardcover - May 2, 2008)
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