The power makers : steam, electricity, and the men who invented modern America
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New York : Bloomsbury Press :, [2008].
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First U.S. edition.
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xiii, 543 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Press :, [2008].
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First U.S. edition.
Language
English
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9781596914124 :
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-520) and index.
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The dramatic story of the power revolution that turned America from an agrarian society into a technological superpower, and the dynamic, fiercely competitive inventors and entrepreneurs who made it happen. In The Power Makers, Maury Klein offers an epic narrative of the power revolution that transformed American life in the course of the nineteenth century. The steam engine, the incandescent bulb, the electric motor--inventions such as these replaced backbreaking toil with machine labor and changed every aspect of daily life in the span of a few generations. The power revolution is not a tale of machines, however, but of men: inventors such as James Watt, Elihu Thomson, and Nikola Tesla; entrepreneurs such as George Westinghouse; savvy businessmen such as J.P. Morgan, Samuel Insull, and Charles Coffin of General Electric. Striding among them like a colossus is the figure of Thomas Edison, who was creative genius and business visionary at once. With consummate skill, Klein recreates their discoveries, their stunning triumphs, and frequent failures, and their unceasing, tumultuous, and ferocious battles in the marketplace.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Klein, M. (2008). The power makers: steam, electricity, and the men who invented modern America (First U.S. edition.). Bloomsbury Press :.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Klein, Maury, 1939-. 2008. The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern America. Bloomsbury Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Klein, Maury, 1939-. The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern America Bloomsbury Press, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Klein, Maury. The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern America First U.S. edition., Bloomsbury Press :, 2008.
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