The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern

The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America

A sweeping history of the electric light revolution and the birth of modern America
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The late nineteenth century was a period of explosive technological creativity, but more than any other invention, Thomas Edisonâ€™s incandescent light bulb marked the arrival of modernity, transforming its inventor into a mythic figure and avatar of an era. In The Age of Edison, award-winning author and historian Ernest Freeberg weaves a narrative that reaches from Coney Island and Broadway to the tiniest towns of rural America, tracing the progress of electric light through the reactions of everyone who saw it and capturing the wonder Edisonâ€™s invention inspired. It is a quintessentially American story of ingenuity, ambition, and possibility in which the greater forces of progress and change are made by one of our most humble and ubiquitous objects.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Books
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0143124447_used
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2014-01-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143124443

The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America