The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America
Categories: History
The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America (2013) is a book by historian Ernest Freeberg. Freeberg tells the history of electric light in the United States from Thomas Edison's invention through its spread into streets, factories and homes. He shows how lighting transformed work, leisure, safety and the night-time look of American cities and towns.
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- Fareed Zakaria: “This week's book of the week is a terrific history of electricity and electric light in the U.S. It's called "The Age of Edison" by Ernest Freeberg. Today, we take it for granted that we can flip on a light switch and the bulb will come on. But the history was complicated, competitive and dangerous, even lethal, but that huge effects, transformed life in the western America everywhere.”