An electric civilisation. 1 - A century of transformations; 2 - Towards the re-enchantment

In a first volume and based on cultural anthropology works, the authors trace the evolution of the main electric power usages which transformed the French society: electricity as a new religion in 1900, the transformation of work, the electrical comfort, electricity as the universe soul and its impact of land planning. In the second volume, the authors notice that the electric power saga appears less linear from the 1970's, and is reduced to its technical and economic role. However, they show that electric power still possesses many stakes to re-enchant the future with new perspectives for the automotive industry, the Big Data or ecological air conditioning. Moreover, the arrival of electric power in regions which were lacking it, will improve living conditions of a milliard of people.