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Author:

Freeberg, Ernest.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Technological innovations--United States--History.
Technological innovations--History.--History.
Electric lighting--United States--History.
Edison, Thomas A.--(Thomas Alva),--1847-1931.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-341) and index.

Summary:

A history of the culture of invention as epitomized by Thomas Edison demonstrates how America's lead in the electric light revolution of the late-nineteenth century transformed the country.

Series:

Penguin history of American life

ISBN:

1594204268
9781594204265

LCCN:

2012039513

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