Name: The Age of Edison

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

Author: Ernest Freeberg
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9781594204265
1594204268
The late 19th century saw a surge of technological advancement, but probably nothing as important as Edison's invention of the light bulb. Here, University of Tennessee history professor Freeberg, author of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist Democracy's Prisoner, shows how radically the light bulb transformed America, freeing it from the stranglehold of the gas companies, turning it from a rural to an urban society and, as the electrical grid took over, drawing a sharp line between city and country, rich and poor. For history buffs and techies alike.

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