Progressive Enlightenment: The Origins of the Gaslight Industry, 1780-1820
(Part of the Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology Series)
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An argument that the gas industry was the first integrated large-scale technological network and that it signaled a new wave of industrial innovation. In Progressive Enlightenment, Leslie Tomory examines the origins of the gaslight industry, from invention to consolidation as a large integrated urban network. Tomory argues that gas was the first integrated large-scale technological network, a designation usually given to the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262016753
ISBN13:9780262016759
Release Date:January 2012
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:348 Pages
Weight:1.57 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 7.3" x 9.2"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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