The languages of Edison's light / Charles Bazerman.
The languages of Edison's light / Charles Bazerman.
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N303.483/ 221
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English
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416 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
I. The Opening Scene. 1. Edison's Front-Page Story -- II. Establishing Meanings in Evolving Systems. 2. The Public Stage of News. 3. Finances for Technological Enterprises. 4. Menlo Park: The Place of Invention. 5. Patents as Speech Acts and Legal Objects. 6. Professional Presence: Edison in the Tec...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, 1999.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
"Charles Bazerman tells the story of the emergence of electric light as a story of symbols and communication. He examines how Edison and his colleagues represented light and power to themselves and to others as the technology was transformed from an idea to a daily fact of life. He looks at the rhetoric used to create meaning and value for the emer...
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The languages of Edison's light / Charles Bazerman.
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Edison's light.
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Bibliography: p. [397]-409.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-409) and index.
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N303.483/ 221
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74Vvykj0Q3Py
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026202456X :
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303.483
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991016202609702626
