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

by Ernest Freeberg

A history of the electric light revolution in late nineteenth-century America, exploring the social and cultural impact of the incandescent light bulb. It traces the transition to modernity across the United States, from urban centres to rural communities.

Accession 25867 ISBN 9780143124443 Publisher Penguin
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