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Author Simon, Linda, 1946-

Title Dark light : electricity and anxiety from the telegraph to the X-ray / Linda Simon.

Publication Info. Orlando : Harcourt, 2005.
©2004

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  TK17 .S56 2004    Available  ---
Edition 1st Harvest ed.
Description 357 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-345) and index.
Contents Wonders -- Working Great Mischief -- Beneficence -- Wilderness of wires -- Nerve Juice -- Sparks -- Cravings of the Heart -- The Inconstant Battery -- Haunted Brains -- The Inscrutable Something -- Electrostrikes -- Live Wires -- Magical Keys -- Dark Light.
Note "A Harvest book."
Subject Electrification -- Public opinion -- History -- 19th century.
Electrification.
Public opinion.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Electrification -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Electricity -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Electricity.
Psychological aspects.
Electricity -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Electricity -- Social aspects.
Fear.
Fear.
ISBN 0156032449 paperback $14.00