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Autore |
Halliday Sam |
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Titolo |
Science and technology in the age of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, and James [[electronic resource] ] : thinking and writing electricity / / Sam Halliday |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36321-9 |
9786611363215 |
0-230-60509-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Collana |
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American literature readings in the 21st century |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science - United States - History - 19th century |
Technology - United States - History - 19th century |
Electricity - History - 19th century |
Literature and science - United States - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-235) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Time and Space; 2 Individual Difference and Self-Representation; 3 Sympathy and Reciprocity; 4 Connection and Division; 5 Inclusion and Exclusion; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book reveals the full extent of electricity's significance in Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century literature and culture. It provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of canonical American authors from the American Renaissance onwards. As well as many fascinating hitherto under-studied writers. |
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