The power makers : steam, electricity, and the men who invented modern America /: steam, electricity, and the men who invented modern America. ([2010] ©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maury Klein.
• Other Names: Klein, Maury, 1939-
• 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Press Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (638 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 609.73; Inventions -- United States -- History; Inventors -- United States -- Biography; Force and energy -- History; Force and energy; Inventions; Inventors; Energieproduktion -- UAS -- Geschichte; Energiewirtschaft -- USA -- Geschichte; Erfinder; Technische Innovation; Energietechnik; United States; USA; Electronic books; Biography; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781596918344; 1596918349
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 620-632).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.