Lifelines of our society: a global history of infrastructure
In: Infrastructures series
Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the English-Language Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: As Long as It Keeps Working … -- I: The Classical Era of Infrastructure -- 1. Public Works: The Nineteenth Century -- 2. Lifelines of Community: The Early Twentieth Century -- 3. The Measure of Modernity: The Late Twentieth Century -- II: Nodes of Infrastructural Debate -- 4. Public, Private, or Partnership? How Infrastructure Is Organized -- 5. Prestige Projects: Symbolic Value and Failure -- 6. Crumbling Bridges: The Life Cycles of Infrastructures -- 7. Achilles' Heels: The Vulnerability of Large-Scale Networks -- 8. The Cold Persona: Users and Operators of Infrastructures -- Conclusion: Down the Drain? -- Bibliography -- Index -- Series List.