Book ID: CBB000700546

The Merchant of Power: Sam Insull, Thomas Edison, and the Creation of the Modern Metropolis (2006)

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Wasik, John F. (Author)


Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 2006
Language: English


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: x + 270 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index

Description On the inventor and industrialist who helped create General Electric and the modern power grid.


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Review Schrag, Zachary M. (2007) Review of "The Merchant of Power: Sam Insull, Thomas Edison, and the Creation of the Modern Metropolis". Technology and Culture (p. 218). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Carlat, Louis
Collins, Theresa M.
Edison, Thomas A.
Israel, Paul B.
Hochfelder, David P.
Bouneau, Christophe
Journals
Arkansas Historical Quarterly
Business and Economic History On-Line
Business History Review
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History
Publishers
Johns Hopkins University Press
Cambridge University Press
Black Swan Press
Harcourt
P. Lang
Penguin
Concepts
Electrification
Electric power industry
Technology
Electricity; magnetism
Technology and industry
Power technology
People
Edison, Thomas Alva
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
18th century
21st century
Places
United States
Europe
Great Britain
New York (U.S.)
Australia
Canada
Institutions
Anglo-American Brush Electric Light (firm)
Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company, Ltd.
London Stock Exchange
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