The age of Edison: electric light and the invention of modern America
by Freeberg, Ernest.
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BookPublisher: Penguin Books 2014ISBN: 9780143124443; 0143124447.Classification number: 621.3209 FRESubject(s): Edison Thomas Alva 1847-1931 | Electric lighting -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Inventions -- United States -- History -- 19th centurySubject: The late 19th century was a period of explosive technological creativity, but more than any other invention, Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb marked the arrival of modernity, transforming its inventor into a mythic figure and avatar of an era. In narrative that reaches from Coney Island and Broadway to the tiniest towns of rural America, award-winning author and historian Ernest Freeberg presents a sweeping history of electric light, its celebrated inventor, and the birth of the modern age.
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The late 19th century was a period of explosive technological creativity, but more than any other invention, Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb marked the arrival of modernity, transforming its inventor into a mythic figure and avatar of an era. In narrative that reaches from Coney Island and Broadway to the tiniest towns of rural America, award-winning author and historian Ernest Freeberg presents a sweeping history of electric light, its celebrated inventor, and the birth of the modern age.
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