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The age of Edison : electric light and the invention of modern America /

"The Age of Edison places the story of Edison's invention in the context of a technological revolution that transformed America and Europe in these decades. Edison and his fellow inventors emerged from a culture shaped by broad public education, a lively popular press that took an interest...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Freeberg, Ernest
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.
Series:Penguin history of American life.
Subjects:
Technological innovations > United States > History.
Technological innovations > Social aspects > United States > History.
Electric lighting > United States > History.
Edison, Thomas A. > (Thomas Alva), > 1847-1931.
Edison, Thomas A. > (Thomas Alva), > 1847-1931 > Contemporaries.
Edison, Thomas Alva, > 1847-1931.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Edison, Thomas A. > (Thomas Alva), > 1847-1931
Contemporaries.
Electric lighting.
Technological innovations.
Technological innovations > Social aspects.
United States.
Gloeilampen.
Elektriciteit.
Technische vernieuwing.
Sociale aspecten.
Vernieuwing.
Verenigde Staten.
History.

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