Book ID: CBB000831315

Science and Technology in the Age of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, and James: Thinking and Writing Electricity (2007)

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Halliday, Sam (Author)


Palgrave Macmillan


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: x + 245 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the cultural significance of electricity; also includes discussions of other 19th-century American writers, scientists, social commentators, as well as some British authors.


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Authors & Contributors
Finger, Stanley
Larsen, Haley
Kamerbeek, Christopher
Worden, Joel Daniel
Walsh, Lynda
Thurtle, Phillip
Concepts
Science and literature
Electricity; magnetism
Science and culture
Technology
Telegraph, wireless
Symbolism; symbolic representation
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
20th century
Places
United States
Pacific Northwest (North America)
London (England)
Russia
Europe
Canada
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