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This study is a history of the effort to capture the power of the wind for electricity. The narrative includes the first European windmills, the 19th-century electric experiments that empowered rural America, and the immense, acres-wide wind farms of late-20th-century California.
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Robert W. Righter is Professor of History at the University of Texas at El Paso.
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