The Resource The power makers : steam, electricity, and the men who invented modern America, Maury Klein
The power makers : steam, electricity, and the men who invented modern America, Maury Klein
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- Summary
- The dramatic story of the power revolution that turned America from an agrarian society into a technological superpower, and the dynamic, fiercelynbsp; competitive inventors and entrepreneurs who made it happena riveting historical saga to rival McCulloughsThe Great Bridgeor LarsonsThunderstruck. Maury Klein, author ofRainbows End: The Crash of 1929, is one of Americas most acclaimed historians of business and industry. InThe Power Makers, he offers an epic narrative of his greatest subject yetthe power revolution that transformed American life in the course of the nineteenth century. The steam engine, the incandescent bulb, the electric motorinventions 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. In Kleins hands, their personalities and discoveries leap off the page. The Power Makersis a dazzling saga of inspired invention, dogged persistence, andnbsp; business competition at its most naked and cutthroat tale of America in its most astonishing decades
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xiii, 543 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Prologue: A Show of Power: Philadelphia 1876
- 1. The Machine That Changed the World
- 2. Conquering the Waters
- 3. The Greatest Engine of All
- 4. In Search of the Mysterious Ether
- 5. Let There Be Light
- 6. A Covey of Competitors
- 7. The Light Dawns p. 136 8. The Pearl Street System
- 9. The Cowbird, the Plugger, and the Dreamer
- 10. The Alternative System
- 11. Eventful Currents
- 12. Gaining Traction
- 13. Competition and Electrocution
- 14. Money, Mergers, and Motors
- 15. A Show of Lights: Chicago 1893
- 16. The Niagara Fallout
- 17. Hard Times
- 18. The Future Arrives
- 19. Mastering the Mysteries of Distribution
- 20. The Empire of Energy -Epilogue: A Show of Possibilities: New York 1939
- Electrical Circuits
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9781596914124
- Label
- The power makers : steam, electricity, and the men who invented modern America
- Title
- The power makers
- Title remainder
- steam, electricity, and the men who invented modern America
- Statement of responsibility
- Maury Klein
- Subject
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- Energieerzeugung
- Energieproduktion -- UAS -- Geschichte
- Energietechnik
- Energiewirtschaft
- Energiewirtschaft -- USA -- Geschichte
- Erfinder
- Force and energy
- Force and energy -- History
- Force and energy -- United States -- History
- History
- Inventions
- Inventions -- United States -- History
- Biography
- Inventors -- United States -- Biography
- NONFICTION
- Technische Innovation
- USA
- USA
- United States
- Uppfinnare -- Förenta staterna -- biografi
- Uppfinningar -- historia -- Förenta staterna
- Inventors
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The dramatic story of the power revolution that turned America from an agrarian society into a technological superpower, and the dynamic, fiercelynbsp; competitive inventors and entrepreneurs who made it happena riveting historical saga to rival McCulloughsThe Great Bridgeor LarsonsThunderstruck. Maury Klein, author ofRainbows End: The Crash of 1929, is one of Americas most acclaimed historians of business and industry. InThe Power Makers, he offers an epic narrative of his greatest subject yetthe power revolution that transformed American life in the course of the nineteenth century. The steam engine, the incandescent bulb, the electric motorinventions 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. In Kleins hands, their personalities and discoveries leap off the page. The Power Makersis a dazzling saga of inspired invention, dogged persistence, andnbsp; business competition at its most naked and cutthroat tale of America in its most astonishing decades
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Klein, Maury
- Dewey number
- 609.73
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- T20
- LC item number
- .K585 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Inventions
- Inventors
- Force and energy
- Force and energy
- Force and energy
- Force and energy
- Inventions
- Inventors
- United States
- Technische Innovation
- Energieerzeugung
- Energiewirtschaft
- USA
- Energietechnik
- Energieproduktion
- Energiewirtschaft
- Erfinder
- USA
- Uppfinningar
- Uppfinnare
- Label
- The power makers : steam, electricity, and the men who invented modern America, Maury Klein
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-520) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: A Show of Power: Philadelphia 1876 -- 1. The Machine That Changed the World -- 2. Conquering the Waters -- 3. The Greatest Engine of All -- 4. In Search of the Mysterious Ether -- 5. Let There Be Light -- 6. A Covey of Competitors -- 7. The Light Dawns p. 136 8. The Pearl Street System -- 9. The Cowbird, the Plugger, and the Dreamer -- 10. The Alternative System -- 11. Eventful Currents -- 12. Gaining Traction -- 13. Competition and Electrocution -- 14. Money, Mergers, and Motors -- 15. A Show of Lights: Chicago 1893 -- 16. The Niagara Fallout -- 17. Hard Times -- 18. The Future Arrives -- 19. Mastering the Mysteries of Distribution -- 20. The Empire of Energy -Epilogue: A Show of Possibilities: New York 1939 -- Electrical Circuits -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- ocn182621506
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xiii, 543 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781596914124
- Lccn
- 2007048309
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o182621506
- (OCoLC)182621506
- Label
- The power makers : steam, electricity, and the men who invented modern America, Maury Klein
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-520) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: A Show of Power: Philadelphia 1876 -- 1. The Machine That Changed the World -- 2. Conquering the Waters -- 3. The Greatest Engine of All -- 4. In Search of the Mysterious Ether -- 5. Let There Be Light -- 6. A Covey of Competitors -- 7. The Light Dawns p. 136 8. The Pearl Street System -- 9. The Cowbird, the Plugger, and the Dreamer -- 10. The Alternative System -- 11. Eventful Currents -- 12. Gaining Traction -- 13. Competition and Electrocution -- 14. Money, Mergers, and Motors -- 15. A Show of Lights: Chicago 1893 -- 16. The Niagara Fallout -- 17. Hard Times -- 18. The Future Arrives -- 19. Mastering the Mysteries of Distribution -- 20. The Empire of Energy -Epilogue: A Show of Possibilities: New York 1939 -- Electrical Circuits -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- ocn182621506
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xiii, 543 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781596914124
- Lccn
- 2007048309
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o182621506
- (OCoLC)182621506
Subject
- Energieerzeugung
- Energieproduktion -- UAS -- Geschichte
- Energietechnik
- Energiewirtschaft
- Energiewirtschaft -- USA -- Geschichte
- Erfinder
- Force and energy
- Force and energy -- History
- Force and energy -- United States -- History
- History
- Inventions
- Inventions -- United States -- History
- Biography
- Inventors -- United States -- Biography
- NONFICTION
- Technische Innovation
- USA
- USA
- United States
- Uppfinnare -- Förenta staterna -- biografi
- Uppfinningar -- historia -- Förenta staterna
- Inventors
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