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Overview"Seeking to replicate the success of his New York electric central station throughout the United States and in Europe and Latin America, Thomas A. Edison vowed to become a ""business man for a year."" This bold decision began a remarkable transition period for America's greatest inventive thinker. The seventh volume of Edison's papers chronicles the profound changes in his professional and personal life, including the unexpected death of his wife. It concludes with Edison returning to the laboratory to develop new communications technology." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas A. Edison (Thomas A. Edison Papers) , Paul B. Israel (Director and General Editor, Thomas A. Edison Papers) , Louis Carlat (On Mondays and Fridays:, Thomas A. Edison Papers) , Theresa M. Collins (Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 6.20cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 1.701kg ISBN: 9781421400907ISBN 10: 1421400901 Pages: 864 Publication Date: 27 October 2011 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsCalendar of Documents List of Editorial Headnotes Preface Chronology of Thomas A. Edison, April 1883– December 1884 Editorial Policy and User's Guide Editorial Symbols List of Abbreviations 1. April– June 1883 (Docs. 2418– 2476) 2. July– September 1883 (Docs. 2477– 2531) 3. October– December 1883 (Docs. 2532– 2578) 4. January– March 1884 (Docs. 2579– 2638) 5. April– June 1884 (Docs. 2639– 2691) 6. July– September 1884 (Docs. 2692– 2737) 7. October– December 1884 (Docs. 2738– 2769) Appendix 1: Edison's Autobiographical Notes Appendix 2: Edison Village Plants Appendix 3: Specifications of Dynamos Produced at the Edison Machine Works, April 1883– December 1884 Appendix 4: Edison's Patents, April 1883– December 1884 Bibliography Credits IndexReviewsIn its superabundance of detail - steely facts and figures, great plates of text riveted with nouns and graffitied with cryptic drawings (Edison was an untrained but natural draftsman) - the book has the same kind of physical impact as that which stuns you when you enter his laboratory in West Orange, N.J. -- Edmund Morris New York Times Book Review A choplicking feast for future Edison biographers - well into the next century, and perhaps beyond. (Washington Post) What is most extraordinary about the collection isn't necessarily what it reveals about Edison's inventions... It's the insight into the process. (Associated Press) A triumph of the bookmaker's art, with splendidly arranged illustrations, essential background information, and cautionary reminders of the common sources on which Edison's imagination drew. (New York Review of Books) In the pages of this volume Edison the man, his work, and his times come alive... A delight to browse through or to read carefully. (Science) Beyond its status as the resource for Edison studies, providing a near inexhaustible supply of scholarly fodder, this series... will surely become a model for such projects in the future... The sheer diversity of material offered here refreshingly transcends any exclusive restriction to Edisonia. (British Journal for the History of Science) Author InformationPaul B. Israel is director and editor of the Thomas A. Edison Papers Project at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Louis Carlat and David Hochfelder are, respectively, managing editor and assistant editor for the project. Theresa M. Collins is the Edison Papers Project's associate director for outreach and development and has served as an editor since 1991. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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