The languages of Edison's light / Charles Bazerman.
Material type: TextSeries: Inside technologyPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1999]Copyright date: ©1999Description: 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 026202456X
- 9780262024563
- 303.483
- TK4131. B39 1999
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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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