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The languages of Edison's light / Charles Bazerman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Inside technologyPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1999]Copyright date: ©1999Description: 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 026202456X
  • 9780262024563
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.483
LOC classification:
  • TK4131. B39 1999
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- How the Edison Papers Are Cited -- Credit for Illustrations -- Introduction -- 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 Technical Press -- 7. A Place in the Market -- III. Making It Real: The Rhetoric of Material Presence -- 8. Boasts, Deceptions, and Promises -- 9. The Menlo Park Demonstrations -- 10. Fairs and Exhibitions: Museums of the Future -- 11. Lighting New York: Urban Politics and Pedestrian Appearances -- IV. Establishing Enduring Values -- 12. Patent Realities: Legal Stabilization of Indeterminate Texts -- 13. Charisma and Communication in Edison's Organizations -- 14. Rhetoric of Capital Investment: Solvency, Profits, and Dividends -- 15. The Language of Flowers: Domesticating Electric Light -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 303.483 BAZ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A411113B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-409) and index.

Acknowledgments -- How the Edison Papers Are Cited -- Credit for Illustrations -- Introduction -- 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 Technical Press -- 7. A Place in the Market -- III. Making It Real: The Rhetoric of Material Presence -- 8. Boasts, Deceptions, and Promises -- 9. The Menlo Park Demonstrations -- 10. Fairs and Exhibitions: Museums of the Future -- 11. Lighting New York: Urban Politics and Pedestrian Appearances -- IV. Establishing Enduring Values -- 12. Patent Realities: Legal Stabilization of Indeterminate Texts -- 13. Charisma and Communication in Edison's Organizations -- 14. Rhetoric of Capital Investment: Solvency, Profits, and Dividends -- 15. The Language of Flowers: Domesticating Electric Light -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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