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American Lucifers : The Dark History of Artificial Light, 1750–1865 by Jeremy Zallen; ProQuest (Firme) is a business book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>The myth of light and progress has blinded us. In our electric world, we are everywhere surrounded by effortlessly glowing lights that simply exist, as they should, seemingly clear and comforting proof that human genius means the present will always be better than the past, and the future better still. At best, this is half the story. At worst, it is a lie.<br> <br> <br> <br> From whale oil to kerosene, from the colonial period to the end of the U.S. Civil War, modern, industrial lights broug
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It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.
Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.
- Author
- Jeremy Zallen; ProQuest (Firme)
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781469653327
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- Engineering, Economics, Business
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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