Diana J Montaño
Biographic Data
| ID | 724960 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diana J Montaño |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diana J |
| FAMILY NAME | Montaño |
| SIGNATURE | MONTAÑO D J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Missionaries of Light and Progress in Mexico: Engineers and Technological Pilgrims Craft Necaxa Falls, 1890s-1914
Beginning in 1905, American and European reporters, writers, and artists made pilgrimages to the hydroelectric Necaxa complex in southern Mexico. For the fossil-hungry Mexican nation, advances in hydraulic engineering had made the vision of an electrical-powered industrial future not just desirable but also feasible. North Atlantic water technicians set out to redesign rivers that would power an electrified Mexico. Necaxa was no small, remote pro…
Ladrones de Luz: Policing Electricity in Mexico City, 1901-1918
This essay explores Mexico City's electrification in the early twentieth century through the lens of power theft. The arrest and resulting trial of dozens of capitalinos (Mexico City residents) suspected of power theft allow us to document the nuances of policing and prosecuting a modern crime and thus to explore how notions of policing, private property, space, honor, and even decency influenced how people secured and used electricity. Using 63 …
Visualizing Imprudentes: Technology and Consumption in Turn-of-the-century Mexico City
Ladrones de Luz: Policing Electricity in Mexico City, 1901-1918
This essay explores Mexico City's electrification in the early twentieth century through the lens of power theft. The arrest and resulting trial of dozens of capitalinos (Mexico City residents) suspected of power theft allow us to document the nuances of policing and prosecuting a modern crime and thus to explore how notions of policing, private property, space, honor, and even decency influenced how people secured and used electricity. Using 63 …
Visualizing Imprudentes: Technology and Consumption in Turn-of-the-century Mexico City
Ladrones de Luz: Policing Electricity in Mexico City, 1901-1918
This essay explores Mexico City's electrification in the early twentieth century through the lens of power theft. The arrest and resulting trial of dozens of capitalinos (Mexico City residents) suspected of power theft allow us to document the nuances of policing and prosecuting a modern crime and thus to explore how notions of policing, private property, space, honor, and even decency influenced how people secured and used electricity. Using 63 …
Missionaries of Light and Progress in Mexico: Engineers and Technological Pilgrims Craft Necaxa Falls, 1890s-1914
Beginning in 1905, American and European reporters, writers, and artists made pilgrimages to the hydroelectric Necaxa complex in southern Mexico. For the fossil-hungry Mexican nation, advances in hydraulic engineering had made the vision of an electrical-powered industrial future not just desirable but also feasible. North Atlantic water technicians set out to redesign rivers that would power an electrified Mexico. Necaxa was no small, remote pro…
Art (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Power (physics) (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (1 works)