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Ernest Freeberg: The Age of Edison (Hardcover, 2013, Penguin Press)

The late nineteenth century was a period of explosive technological creativity, but arguably the most …

Interesting history!

I picked this up at a Dollar Store and kept it around for a while before I finally sat down to read it. It has a pretty sweeping history of how light (and steam-power) began the modernization (and electrification) of America.