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Public Reaction to New Power Systems
June 8, 2009
Bernard Drew historian
Sharon Tracy executive director, Quabbin Mediation
Phil Stone attorney

Historian Bernard Drew and Sharon Tracy, executive director of Quabbin Mediation, discuss how residents reacted when two revolutionary power generation systems were introduced into New England, a century apart. The speakers discuss how those reactions shaped history, using case studies of the AC vs. DC electricity distribution systems in Great Barrington in 1886 and the Clamshell Alliance, a 1970s organization comprised of decentralized local groups that engaged in resisting nuclear power.

This event is part of the annual Massachusetts History Conference, which is cosponsored by Mass Humanities, the University of Massachusetts Amherst Program in Public History, and the Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Image of A History of the Mahaiwe Theater in Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Author: Bernard A. Drew
Publisher: Attic Revivals Pr (1989)
Binding: Paperback, pages
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