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Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930 (Softshell Books)
by Thomas P. Hughes
ISBN: 0801846145
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jonstokes
· 2017-10-24 ·
Original thread
Please don't get your history from The Oatmeal. If you want to read a real account of what Edison actually did, the opening chapters of this classic are great:
https://www.amazon.com/Networks-Power-Electrification-1880-1...
https://www.amazon.com/Networks-Power-Electrification-1880-1...