The historical-geographical construction of power: Electricity in Eastern North Carolina

Local Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 469-486

  Harrison, Conor ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

electricity; energy justice; energy poverty; historical geographical materialism; North Carolina

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY USE; POVERTY;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875158672     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.748728     Document Type: Article

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