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Innovation as a social process : Elihu Thomson and the rise of General Electric, 1870-1900 / W. Bernard Carlson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carlson, W. Bernard.
- Series:
- Studies in economic history and policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thomson, Elihu, 1853-1937.
- Thomson, Elihu.
- General Electric Company.
- Inventors--United States--Biography.
- Inventors.
- Industrial organization.
- History.
- Electric power systems.
- Electric industries.
- United States.
- General Electric Company--History.
- Electric industries--United States--History--19th century.
- Electric power systems--United States--History--19th century.
- Industrial organization--United States--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
- Summary:
- Elihu Thomson was a late-nineteenth-century American inventor who helped create the first electric lighting and power systems.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521393175
- OCLC:
- 23178302
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