Transforming the Countryside

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.

• 1. Introduction[Paul Brassley, Jeremy Burchardt and Karen Sayer]Part I: The Progress of Electrification2. The Electrification of the Countryside: The Interests of Electrical Enterprises and theRural Population in England, 1888-1939[Karl Ditt]3. Power to the People: Power Stations and the National Grid[John Sheail]4. Lighting the Landscape: Rural Electrification in Wales[Richard Moore-Colyer]5. The Electrification of Highland Scotland[David Fleetwood]6. Electrifying Farms in England[Paul Brassley]Part II: The Effects of Electrification7. Electrification and its Alternatives in the Farmer’s and Labourer’s Home [Karen Sayer]8. Pylons and Frozen Peas: The Women’s Institute Goes Electric[Rosemary Shirley]Part III: Comparisons over Space and Time9. Rural Electrification in Sweden: A Comparison[Carin Martiin]10. People, Place and Power: Rural Electrification in Canada, 1890-1950[Ruth W. Sandwell]11. Rural Broadband: A 21st-Century Comparison with Electrification[Martyn Warren]12. Conclusion: Electricity, Rurality and Modernity[Paul Brassley, Jeremy Burchardt and Karen Sayer]