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.

Table of Contents:

Inventing Edison
Inventing electric light
Civic light
Creative destruction: Edison and the gas companies
Work light
Leisure light
Inventive nation
Looking at inventions, inventing new ways of looking
Inventing a profession
The light of civilization
Exuberance and order
Illumination science
Rural light
Electric light's golden jubilee.