Front cover image for Electrifying America : social meanings of a new technology, 1880-1940

Electrifying America : social meanings of a new technology, 1880-1940

Explores how electricity seeped into and redefined American culture, becoming fundamental to modern life
Print Book, English, ©1990
MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., ©1990
History
xv, 479 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780262140485, 9780262640305, 0262140489, 0262640309
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Middletown lights up
The Great White Way
Crosstown transfer
What was electricity?
Flexible factory
A clean, well-lighted hearth
Rural lines
The electrifying future
Conclusion
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